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shop notes blog

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

 

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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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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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