Other Recent Blog Posts

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  Outdoor Projects 2019

  March 11, 2019

  Online Extras for Outdoor Projects 2019    Video: Angled Arms New Hampshire furniture maker and TV host Tom McLaughlin shows that making the angled arms of his Adirondack chair is…

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  STL184.5: Chris Schwarz

  March 8, 2019

  Chris and Ben chat about his woodworking history, researching the techniques of ole', and of course, his upcoming appearance at Fine Woodworking Live 2019

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  Modeling A Plucking Jack in SketchUp

  March 6, 2019

  For the last 12 years or so, I've attended the Colonial Williamsburg Conference "Working Wood in the 18th C. And following each of those events, I've posted a SketchUp representation…

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  Full Circle–Dishing out a tea table top

  March 5, 2019

  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.

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  STL184: Is it time to stockpile ash?

  March 1, 2019

  Mike, Barry, and Ben lament the impending demise of their favorite tree, what specifics they look for in sketchbooks, using a hollow-chisel mortiser as a drillpress, and their favorite woodworking books

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  Siosi Designs–Our Lives In Frame

  February 27, 2019

  Our Lives in Frame is a glimpse into the enigmatic world of Siosi Design. Siosi is Audi Culver + Ivy Siosi, and they describe themselves as partners in life, collaborators in design, and women who make + fabricate

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  From the Bench: The Family Violin

  February 25, 2019

  My personal story is about endings and beginnings, father, son, and daughters, completing one circle and starting another. My father, Henry Finck, was a professor of anatomy at the University…

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  SketchUp: Creating Cutaway Views

  February 20, 2019

  In my previous blog post I showed how to use section cuts to create views showing the interior of your project. Another classic way to illustrate the inner details is…

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  STL183: The Call of the Cordless Tool

  February 15, 2019

  Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss cordless favorites, gummy camellia oil, waxing jointer beds, and recent smooth moves

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  STL182.5 – Veneer Master Craig Thibodeau

  February 8, 2019

  Mike interviews Craig Thibodeau, author of The Craft of Veneering and creator of some of the coolest woodworking pieces you'll ever see