I have volunteered many years for a local Retirement Community/Children’s Home in my professional capacity as a Civil Engineer/Land Surveyor. I am also a Residential Contractor and a while back we needed a mantle piece over the fireplace. I bought a piece of 8/4 black walnut and when it turned out to be too wide […]
The holidays are already upon us and the year is almost over. Many of us have found more free time in the shop than past years have offered us. Some people may have even found a new love of woodworking this year. Every year we share our Woodworking Gift Guide, which includes the newest tools […]
In the November 2020 issue of Wood News, Char Miller-King interviews Annette Amadin, a woodworker who is an engineer by day and a hobbyist by night. Annette Amadin is a world traveler. Born in Nigeria, she has visited all seven continents. Her understanding of culture and diversity has spilled over into her thoughts about appreciating […]
In the November 2020 issue of Wood News, Jim Randolph returns for another issue to tell us about a project where he was happy to be able to use his Festool Vecturo. I make lists. Sometimes, my lists fail me. Mostly they fail me when I forget to customize them for a particular job, and […]
For the November 2020 issue of Wood News Online, Temple Blackwood wrote about transforming a burl with woodturning: Nearly a month ago, I received a call from a woman who had apparently read one of the local “who’s doing what around here” in a popular newspaper insert. She told me that she and her husband […]
In the November issue of Wood News, Bob Rummer shares stories of his own toy-making inspiration for the holidays: I have shared before about some of the toys that were made by my Grandpas and my Dad. While they all did serious woodworking, I suspect that toymaking brought a special twinkle to their eyes around […]
For the November 2020 issue of Wood News Online, Norm Reid reviewed Issue #9 of Mortise & Tenon Magazine: Mortise & Tenon Magazine has evolved into a semi-annual feast of words and images that inform and inspire. This latest issue follows the proud tradition of its predecessors…If you revel in the diversity of ways to […]