We are very excited to be making our way up the coast to Warren, ME for the annual Lie-Nielsen Summer Open House. This one is a special one, celebrating 35 years of exquisite tool making. We will be taking a look behind the scenes at the factory and talking to many great tool artisans who […]
In my Tips column I’ve previously written about my struggles with allergies and some of the ways I cope with them. The last time I made a significant project out of cedar, a hope chest for our eldest granddaughter, I developed a cough that lingered for months. Repeatedly, I went to my ear-nose-throat doctor, trying different […]
We were very saddened to hear of the death of Master Woodworker Michael Gilmartin in May of this year. Michael was a long time customer and an acclaimed woodworker who lived and worked for decades in Atlanta. He specialized in sculpted furniture, and was known for his unique and iconic plywood sculpted chair, which became […]
I have a bad habit of starting a book and then moving off and getting interested in something else. I have a stack of books with bookmarks in the middle that are always pending and I think it is safe to say that pending stack is my summer woodworking reading list. Maybe I’ll get distracted again and […]
As the summer is rapidly approaching (although with quite a wet lead-in for some of us), I went through my bookcase to see what books I wanted to queue up for any slow periods, and possibly during any travel. I have a decent range of topics from which to choose, so I either try to […]
Perhaps as a result of the impact of meeting Peter Korn in November 2015 at the meeting of NEMA (New England Museum Association) and then reading his book Why We Make Things and Why It Matters (David R. Godine, Publisher ©2015) in January, I have been steeped in reading books that reveal and explore the passion and spiritual richness […]
I am fascinated by the potential of hand tools, especially handplanes, for crafting fine work. My high interest in hand tools is reflected in my summer woodworking reading list. Paul Sellers’ Essential Woodworking Hand Tools is a thick and beautifully-presented compilation of information about all manner of hand tools. I’ll start with this book for […]