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A Basic Bench That's Quick To Make

Tom, member | March 13th, 20137 comments

You can build this bench in a weekend.

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A SMALL PORTFOLIO

danmosheim, member | July 1st, 20123 comments

some projects we completed in may and june

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Make an Outdoor Slab Bench

jtetreault, member | April 9th, 20122 comments

A simple design that will last for years

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Furniture Dressed for Success

CustomMade, member | January 23rd, 2012

If you find inspiration in your clothing, you can also express that vision through a fine custom furniture piece for your home.

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Make a Bench from a Board

jtetreault, member | October 17th, 201111 comments

A nice clear pine board turns into a useful bench.

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the Gorman bench

fidgen, member | October 4th, 20114 comments

This was a custom design I fell into this past summer, 2011. The Gorman bench. Tom Fidgen. The music is something I wrote for the piece. www.theUnpluggedWoodshop.com

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Best pieces from the biggest woodworking club in America

AsaC, member | June 6th, 20116 comments

Each year the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association holds its annual show at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, Calif., drawing as many as 400 pieces from all around the U.S. This year was another wonderful outpouring of woodworking passion and talent.

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How to put a simple bench in just the right place

sscott, member | April 27th, 2011

"Chairbombing" is not what it sounds like. Making neighborhoods more liveable, one woodworking project at a time

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Vote for the best woodworker under 30

AsaC, member | April 5th, 20112 comments

A new competition, Regeneration, has attracted 150 woodworkers under 30, and your vote will determine "The People's Choice," and earn that young craftsman a valuable set of tools.

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Beautiful furniture from reclaimed materials

AsaC, member | March 13th, 201115 comments

New Orleans' Green Project hosts an up-and-coming furniture contest every year, with every pieces made from reclaimed and salvaged materials. The results are beautiful

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Calling all woodworkers under 30

AsaC, member | January 21st, 20116 comments

Fine Woodworking is co-sponsoring a special gallery show at The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. The deadline to send in photos is April 1, and there are huge prizes.

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Feels good to be back at Colonial Williamsburg's hand tool conference

AsaC, member | January 12th, 2011

FWW co-sponsors a wonderful event,"Working Wood in the 18th Century," every year at Colonial Williamsburg. The presenters started bending and cutting wood right away this year.

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Another Bench Vise Revolution from Hovarter

woodheat, member | January 11th, 20112 comments

Len Hovarter has created an awesome quick-action leg using the same technology he developed for his revolutionary face vise.

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Don't Mess With Texas Furniture

AsaC, member | November 3rd, 20103 comments

This was my second time judging the Texas Furniture Makers Show, and the work keeps getting better and better. Click here to be inspired

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John Cederquist honored by Furniture Society

AsaC, member | June 20th, 2010

His cartoony, trick-the-eye furniture isn't for everyone, but there's no doubting John Cederquist's talent. His techniques are cool, too.

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State of Craft ... Exploring the Studio Craft Movement in Vermont 1960-2010

danmosheim, member | May 26th, 2010

The Bennington Museum has mounted a fantastic new show if 50 years of craft in Vermont. Opened 5/22, runs through 10/31

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Is a college professor any smarter than a skilled furniture maker?

AsaC, member | February 5th, 20106 comments

A powerful essay, defending the craftsman's deep and profound knowledge of the world, is just one of the treasures I found in an 1883 issue of Amateur Mechanics magazine (free on Google Books). It's amazing how little has changed in our craft.

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Oak "Water Wheel" Bench

jtetreault, member | January 25th, 20101 comment

Single board top with quarter-sawn grain milled at a water wheel powered sawmill. Birds eye/flamed maple breadboard ends. Dovetailed maple "runners" hold two figured maple lower shelves.

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Is Danish Modern the furniture style of our time?

AsaC, member | December 23rd, 200960 comments

While Maloof and Krenov certainly created the template for the modern studio furnituremaker, I think they they also shared an furniture style: an offshoot of Danish Modern. And recent makers have taken up that mantle.

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