Bill Pavlak offers some less well-known tips for mortise and tenoning.

There's a whole world of carving that fits within the skills of a cabinetmaker.

Colonial Williamsburg's 2021 conference aims to look at period furniture making from a new perspective.

Bill Pavlak shows you a few simple ways you can train your eye to gauge small distances and simple spatial relationships.

Wiltshire worked in the cabinet shop owned by Anthony Hay, and like the building he worked in, the “very good cabinetmaker” was Hay's property.

A journeyman cabinetmaker shares his thoughts on two of his favorite tools: a narrow scraper and...corset boning.

It is easy for us to conjure up visions of period apprenticeship that are heavily romanticized, but in reality, each shop was a working business where making the next shilling superseded the need for the apprentice’s next lesson

Bill Pavlak relished the opportunity to revisit the process of dishing out a large surface by hand. Not only was this a special project in and of itself, it was also a chance to prove to himself that he had in fact learned a few things over the years.

The rough surfaces and tool marks left behind on old drawer bottoms show their makers' dedication to efficiency and wise cost-cutting

Celebrate this furniture designer's birthday by learning how his aesthetic choices nearly 300 years ago can improve your own designs today.