After a bit of a teaching hiatus, I’m back. I’ll be teaching three classes this September at the Marc Adams Woodworking School. The main class is five days long September 16-20. The focus for this project is to build my Greene and Greene inspired barstools. On the following weekend, I’ll be teaching two one day […]
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The BARN Workbench is a based on a modern Roubo design. Built on a budget, it features a simple base made out of 4″ x 4″ material and a pre-made Maple top. The BARN Workbench is named for a community group of woodworkers and other artisans. BARN is the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network located on
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Paper patterns are a simple, no or low-cost method any woodworker can use. Using a drawing program makes it easy to do. I “tile” standard sized pages and splice them together using a faint grid underneath the drawing to line everything up as shown in this Morris chair arm. Low cost, no cost, easy entry
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During the October 4th, 2020 Sunday Workshop, a couple of folks requested links to the 3D printable models used to make various clamps and other components for the new workbench including the new Rockler porable drill guide I demonstrated. The links are below. Unlike earlier workshops, the October 4th recording won’t be posted on YouTube.
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Yup. I pushed forward the scheduled September 20th workshop two weeks. The next workshop will be October 4th at 1:00pm PDT. The reason for the delay? Very busy with several projects. One in particular will be of interest to woodworking.digital followers. I’ve designed a new kind of workbench with a focus on woodworkers more likely
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At the August 16th Live Sunday Workshop I gave a presentation dedicated to ways for woodworkers to learn to become better designers. I’ve posted the video recording of the workshop on my YouTube channel. Here’s the link if you missed it.. https://youtu.be/kAAFHM8Rhmw Topic: Design Skills for Woodworkers
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In the December 2019 Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine I wrote an aricle on Parametric Bench Design. In the next workshop, I’ll show you how I designed and made it using a CNC. A very different furniture construction technique. Lots of new things to learn. The plans for the bench are available on this site
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Designing and Machining 2D Furniture On Sunday June 14th I held a Live Sunday Workshop via Zoom. The topic was about how I design a modern hall table in CAD and how to setup your CNC to machine it. On the next workshop on June 21st, I’ll show you how to convert the 2D furniture
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