This weekend I visited the Craft Boston show for a little inspiration, and to see how furnituremakers at the show were displaying, see what the crowd at this show is like. This show is not strictly furniture, but includes artists … Continue reading
In my last post, in which I talked about Ripple Moldings and the Moxon Waving Engine, I also mentioned that all the strips on the piece I am restoring were accounted for, and I would only need to repair some … Continue reading
I’m pretty selective about what I take in for repairs (read: if it wasn’t worth buying when it was new, or isn’t a unique piece, it’s probably not worth repairing…can I build you a new piece?). Recently, I took in a … Continue reading
This weekend in Boston, woodworkers, furnituremakers, masters and students, and the general public converged on the Boston World Trade Center for WoodExpo 2012 whose stated purpose was to reconnect the maker and the buyer. It’s a strange atmosphere, in a … Continue reading
This past friday, a group from the Modern Woodworkers Association (MWA) had the privilege of spending some time with Fine Woodworking Magazine’s (FWW) Senior Editor Matt Kenney and Art Director Mike Pekovich touring the Connecticut headquarters of Taunton Press, home of Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, … Continue reading
In case you missed it in the header of this page, Mansfield Fine Furniture has a new logo. There are three images, the color logo intended to appear as a brass plaque, the color logo with background, and black and … Continue reading
Filling in the free time around sick kids, travelling wife, and other such mundane, but necessary parts of life, as well as using some time getting wood from the source, colonial style, means small projects around the house. A couple … Continue reading
I have Peter Follansbee to thank for getting me started in following woodworking blogs, and later, starting one of my own. In fact, I think it was this post that I found when researching how to deal with green wood from some … Continue reading
Ok folks, here’s round two of the free stuff giveaway. I have two grinders, only one of which I really need. Rather than store the second, here’s a chance for you to get started with hollow grinding your tool bevels. … Continue reading
If you read Steve Branam’s post earlier this week at Close Grain, you heard about the seminar given by Paul Sellers, and a shooting board he made in a matter of minutes to make a mitered corner on a picture … Continue reading