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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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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The BARN workbench was designed for the Bainbridge Island Artisan Resource Network. It’s a Seattle area community group that built a wonderful community facility for artisans to share resources, education, and workspace. Being neighbors, I wanted to help and so, I designed a new workbench. Having to build a total of nine benches on a
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A workbench designed for hand tool woodworkers but made (partially) with a CNC. Each bench features a unique 3D carved leg vise. Here’s a video introduction into how they were made. The BARN workbench was designed for the Bainbridge Island Artisan Resource Network. BARN is a Seattle area community group that built a wonderful community
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The December 2019 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine features my latest article building a modern parametric bench using a new furniture making method: spine and rib furniture construction. You can build it with a CNC, a Shaper Origin hand-held CNC or with just a router and jig saw thanks to a new shaping technique. Look
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This Festool Systainer tool tote is designed with a focus on hand tools and includes space for a set of chisels, block plane, saw, mallet, screwdrivers, pliers, folding rule and much more. I’ve included an alternate layout that adds space for measuring calipers, but you can design your own layout, too. Every woodworker has at
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