This coming Tuesday evening September 16, at 7:00 PM, you will find me in Dallas, at the North Texas Woodworkers Assc. Meeting. I will be there letting off some steam! Seriously, I will be demonstrating steam bending techniques during this presentation. I will be going over several topics, from choosing your wood and building your […]
If woodturning is of any interest to you then I highly recommend coming down to the Waco Convention Center for the 2nd largest woodturning show in the country, happening this weekend. The South West Association of Turners (otherwise known as SWAT) will be holding their annual woodturning convention this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 22-24, right […]
The subject of woodturning has been on my mind because I’m fixing to have to turn about 220 tenons on the end of chair rungs. I turn not because I necessarily enjoy the process of turning, but because I have to for furniture making. However, there are some that turn for the enjoyment of it […]
It seems that time has gone by way too fast as the last blog entry was on the April Lie-Nielsen hand-tool event in Dallas. This morning I find myself sitting in the mid-coast region of Maine. Today is the first day of Lie-Nielsen’s annual open house and Jonathan Schwennesen and I have had the […]
Are your planes producing shavings like this?!! Come join us this weekend in Dallas Texas at Woodworld for a Lie-Nielsen Handtool event and learn how you can produce shavings like I was producing just a couple days ago, planing cherry for a table base. First you need a good plane, and in my opinion Lie-Nielsen […]
The Woodworking Shows will be kicking off their season this year starting in Dallas Texas. The doors open this weekend at noon on Friday, October 26th. We will be there showing YOU what you can make in any one of our classes, from dovetails to inlay, setting up handplanes to four-squaring lumber by hand! We will […]
For all of you in or around Austin Texas, you might want to check out a great exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. The Exhibit will be running for only 2 more weeks, through October 6. The museum has done […]
If you live in Dallas and you are looking for something to do this weekend, stop by Woodworld. Lie-Nielsen will be having a handtool event along with Kevin Drake and Lynn Dowd. We will be there as well, demonstrating everything from dovetails to inlay! I will show you how to do stringing, how […]
Kansas City was a great show with a huge turnout, but Ft. Worth is a whole lot more convenient, especially when traveling and setting up a 30 X 30 booth complete with furniture, displays, a large bench and all the necessary demonstration stuff! We will be in Ft. Worth this March 8-10 at the big […]
On November 17th, about two hundred people gathered at the exquisite Kerr Arts and Cultural Center in Kerrville, Texas for the Texas Furniture Makers Show. This day is a huge event, and we’ve worked for months in the confines of our shop, even through many nights to bring quality completion to yet another piece to be […]