seventeenth-century joined furniture; green wood, hand tools
THIS CHAIR SOLD, THERE S MORE UNDERWAY. EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO BE CONTACTED WHEN THE NEXT CHAIR S AVAILABLE. A WEEK OR SO I made a few ladderbacks in the past month, one of which was to bring with me to the class I just finished at Pete Galbert s. These recent chairs are the first Continue reading Ladderback chair for sale
I wrote about this on my substack blog the other day but realized I should put it here too, just in case. I got news last week that Vimeo on Demand is going to shut down. I have several videos posted there so if you have bought any of those first of all Continue reading Vimeo on demand videos: get em while you can
[If you read my substack blog, skip this one. Just notifying readers of the new book about the Essex County cupboard.] I was the luckiest woodworker around when I got the chance to make TWO versions of one of the most elaborate cupboards I know and even more so when Lost Art Press (who else?) agreed Continue reading New book out from Lost Art Press
A follow-up to the previous post about that 19th-century door. One reader, Dennis Santella, was able to create very clear images from some of my photos. How he did it is hocus-pocus to me all that matters is he did it. I ll post a few of them here with some partial transcriptions. Thank you Continue reading Some sample transcription from that 19th-century door
A non-woodworking post but it has a hand-made 19th century door in it. Some friends I often chat about the birds we see around the neighborhood and in one of those conversations recently they re-told me a story of a door in their house. It came out of an old house here in Continue reading a 19th century door with a local story
The past two days this blog got an average of 164 views -then today it got 1,585 views. Must be Chris yup Chris Schwarz included a link in his post today to something I wrote almost 14 years ago! About using hand tools, why I do it, etc. I ll add some up-to-date thoughts Continue reading Still hand-tools 99.9% of the time
I ve been carving stuff in the shop, some panels and the beginnings of two more strapwork boxes, one white oak, one walnut. All sawn stock, my riven oak is just beginning to poke out from under the snow. Today’s post on the substack blog is free-to-all subscribers (paid free) there I talk about Continue reading a link to the woodworking stuff, otherwise birds
Every winter there s a few days it s too cold to bother trying to heat the shop with my small woodstove. It works out, there s always some other stuff to do. Today, which started at about 10 degrees F/-12C provides an excellent chance to take a moment to post to this blog. Since the middle of Continue reading Some shop doings
I ve made several carved boxes in the past couple of months and now they re ready to wend their way out of here. This first one is an old-standby. Carved oak box, pine lid bottom SOLD It’s one I’ve carved often from the first group of joined furniture I ever studied Continue reading Carved boxes for sale, October 2025
A post about a carved chest and box for sale. But first, a detour to Elia Bizarri s site he s put his pandemic videos he made with a bunch of us on sale for the weekend. Half-price. Dave Fisher, Curtis Buchanan, Jane Mickelborough and me. Get em here https://handtoolwoodworking.com/spoon-carving-videos/ . The other day my son Continue reading carved chest with drawers for sale and more