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shop notes blog

My journey as a furniture maker and helpful insights on craft.

 

HV Contemporary Homes, Local Adventures

October 12, 2022

A great mention by the folks at HVCH (HV Contemporary Homes)

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In Press Tags Craft, Press, HVCH, HV Contemporary Homes, Field and Supply
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Fine Woodworking Magazine Readers Gallery

October 4, 2022

Reader’s Gallery feature in Fine Woodworking Magazine

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In Press Tags Craft, Press, Fine Woodworking, Bent Table Lamp, Lighting
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Northern Woodlands Magazine

June 18, 2022

A profile in Northern Woodlands magazine.

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In Press Tags Craft, Northern Woodlands Magazine, Press, Butsudan
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A cabinet full of learning

August 26, 2021

A continuing education class becomes an excuse to create a piece of luxury.

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In Craft, Professional Development, Travel Tags Craft, custom, Classes, Travel, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Design, Professional Development
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Custom: adjective; made or done to order for a particular customer

June 29, 2021

Steam bending and the quest for sheep intestine cordage to create a tool for carding wool.

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In Craft, Tools Tags Craft, custom, Rug Making, problem solving
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Pure Imagination

March 2, 2021

Designing involves a bit of magic.

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In Craft Tags Craft, Rants, Woodworking Advice, Coffee Table, 2019
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Start where you are

December 26, 2020

Advice for aspiring woodworkers on how to start woodworking.

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In Craft Tags Craft, Rants, Drop Leaf, 2014, Woodworking Advice
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Are Old Tools the Best Tools?

October 18, 2018

Yeah, they don’t make them like they used to, right? This statement seems easy to apply to power tools on today’s market. It’s an odd thing to reconcile if you think about it. Why aren’t tools makers able to build a good product today and it seems like there are a ton of good options on the used tool market from 50 years ago or more.

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In Tools Tags Craft, Rants, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Tools, Shop, Maintenance
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Is Design a Learnable Skill

August 4, 2018

Musings on a Finewood Working article. I wasn’t asked but I still answered.

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In Craft Tags Craft, Fine Woodworking, Design
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Psst! Please attach it to the wall.

May 23, 2018

A bit of a rant about quality, bikes, landfills and IKEA.

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In Craft Tags Rants, Bicycles, IKEA, Craft
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Visiting the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship

March 31, 2018

Visiting Peter Korn author of Why We Make Things and Why It Matters at The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship

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In Travel Tags Travel, Schools, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Craft, Mentor
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Follow the day to day of Geoff McKonly Furniture on Instagram

Getting the last few things together to start siding the shop.
My walnut cabinet in a stand featured in the @finewoodworkingmagazine reader’s gallery this month. Issue #318, August/September.
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Now that I finally got this thing all tuned up I’m going to sell it. Unless someone can convince me that I shouldn’t. I always need space in the shop. Perhaps if I had the barn restored and I had more room I’d keep it. The things a