I am sure this is probably old news, as most of you all probably subscribe to Popular Woodworking. For those that have not had a chance to see the issue, I was fortunate to get an article in the April issue of Popular Woodworking’s Magazine. I did an article on tapered sliding dovetails. The hardest […]
We finished up another great chair class on Saturday evening. Here are the students with their finished chairs. I made a chair along with the guys but did not get a chance to paint it. Some of the guys took there chairs home in the red and plan to put a black coat on […]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=T1CRfPIvAeA%3Frel%3D0%26controls%3D0%26amp In this post, Frank discusses the historical uses of hide glue, it’s pro’s and cons and how it compares to yellow glue. He also discusses the proper way to prepare and apply the glue on projects using traditional joinery techniques. Video Transcript Hi. My name is Frank Strazza, with the Heritage School of Woodworking. […]
Today was spent boring all the holes in the seats for our Windsor Chairs. The chair seats have an amazing complexity of angles that can sometimes be a bit overwhelming! We started by laying out the angles from seat patterns, drawing sight lines onto the seats and drilling out the holes. After the holes […]
Today was day 2 of our six day windsor chair class. This is always an exciting class to teach, starting off with a few logs and splitting all the wood down. Bending all these straight pieces for bows and arms always excites the students. Needless to say it also tires them out! […]
Instructor Frank Strazza demonstrates the centuries old technique of drawboring joinery during the construction of a traditional Roubo workbench. The bench is constructed using hard maple. Frank is pegging the mortise and tenons using oak pegs. Watch as he uses a 3 lb. sledge hammer to drive the pegs home, drawing the joint closed with not […]
I know most of you in the northeast are tired of this white stuff, but for us down here in Texas it is a rare treat! We are basking in the beauty and tranquility of a peaceful snowfall this morning. The fire is cranking inside the wood-stove. What a great day to be a […]
Its been too long since I’ve written, not because there was nothing to write, but because I was too busy trying to finish up furniture orders before Christmas. Fortunately I got everything done just in time and delivered to happy customers. One of my favorite times of year is working in the […]
As many of you know we are working hard to get ready for our annual Fair this Thanksgiving weekend. This is the main reason I have slacked off in writing. It’s not that there hasn’t been anything to write about; in fact there is tons to write! I just wrote about one of those […]
Come join us this weekend for another great Lie-Nielsen hand tool event in Round Rock Texas. This is going to be a great show and there are some new presenters that will be demonstrating and selling their wares. The show is located at the new TechShop in Round Rock. It’s right off of […]