My First Student

My first student showed me how to be cool.
Furniture Design: On Chairs

Chair design involves a triangle of aesthetics, engineering, and comfort. Push too hard in one direction and the ones get distorted.
April’s Gluing Fool

Glue changes everything.
Furniture Design

Design surrounds us especially in our day to day world. What about Design makes it so special, rewarding, and difficult?
The Chair: Considered

The chair is our most symbolic piece of furniture and the most challenging to design and build.
Q&A #2

Contrast in wood choices, breadboard end tenons, and best 3 hand planes are all topics in today’s Q&A.
Nuts and Bolts and Screws

Screws hold our world together. Here are a few screw tips.
I Get It

I get it. We are in an uncomfortable time now. Do something for yourself that will help you make sense of the world and help you focus and relax. Get to the bench.
Teaching Styles

There are no mistakes in woodworking, only opportunities.
Flow in the Shop
