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Identical cousins Jon & Lou settle their differences by building a bathroom project together. At least for a little while. Their zany hijinx will fill your heart with laughter and perhaps a te...

2008 marked the 100th birthday of Charles Eames (1907-1978), an American designer. Married in 1941, Charles and his wife, Ray (Ray-Bernice), worked together for forty years to produce many ground breaking furniture designs, some of which are still in production today.The most revolutionary furniture idea they conceived was that of molded plywood. This seemingly simple concept came about when Charles and Ray experimented with a homemade molding machine into which they fed scrap pieces of plywood...

Im sure many of you are familiar with Alex Harris, The Teen Woodworker. His latest project is simply astounding. Yep, he built his own band saw! Check out Matthias Wandels plans at Woodgears....

Today was a thrilling day in the wood shop. You wouldnt believe the incredible time I had building stuff out of wood![cliched cricket sounds]Gophers and antsWhat did I do? Well, I mowed the jungle that I call a lawn. Discovered several new gopher mounds. Rather than doing something with those mounds of dirt, I decided to just mow over them.Naturally, the lawn mower objects to this practice and makes horrendous sounds while throwing clouds of dirt throughout the atmosphere. I looked at the biggest...

I was struck by Ursula von Rydingsvard a while ago when I saw her on the Art 21 video series. Her forms are raw and organic and yet fluid and complex. She starts most of her works starts from 4” by 4” cedar boards like the one in the image below. It is as if she takes the cut lumber and turns it back into its natural form. And it’s inspiring to see an older woman tackle such massive projects. Unlike some artist like George Nakashima who may start from raw wood and try to maintain or respect its...

Warren Platner uses very simply designs and lines in his creations. His furniture is simple and can be liked by many because they go with any style and any taste. There are some details that he incorporates to give it just a little extra show, but overall he keeps his looks clean and never over the top. He likes to combine wood works with metals, thick wires, and very this glass to make a bold presence. His style is very big, which allows one to use one of his products for many different things,...

Nick Cavanaugh sent over some pictures of his jewelry box based on one of my earliest videos. He used birch, walnut and maple for his. Cutting those coved sides on a table saw is a real trick. Basically, you feed the wood at an angle across the blade. Its kind of scary, but not too bad if you plan the cut carefully and get yourself in the zone.The real fun part is sanding those coves. Anyway, nice work Nick. Beautiful finish too. I think a jewelry box is the ultimate woodworking gift for any...

Richard Deacon is a British sculptor who works with wood and metals primarily, but also uses plastics, fiberglass, and ceramics. His work has a similar style to that of Martin Puryear. All of the images I am posting are from his website.He works with the bent lamination technique on a typically large scale. Here is a shot that is not from his site, but just shows the process of bending the wood. The wood is bent along the grain. Typically, several rip-cut strips are laid one atop the other and clamped...

Richard Deacon is known for using "construction and building fabrication techniques" in his art. Overall, he seems just as concerned with the materials he uses as he is with the meaning of his work. Born in Wales, in 1949, Deacon was a well-known, promising young sculptor in the 1970s and is now one of the most famous British sculptors of his generation.Deacon uses a wide variety of materials, from wood to polycarbonate and leather to ceramics, but for the sake of this class, I will consider one...

Steve Knight makes, or used to make, really nice wooden hand planes. Now he makes them as kits; super high quality. Here is an interview from Fine Woodworking and Steve where he talks about that transition from finished planes to kits...Interview with plane maker Steve Knight - Fine Woodwork...

Its funny how things all turn out and help you make a decision. In the past week I have both sold my boat... and ... received a lovely letter (and cheque) from the Tax man.  Finally, the icing on the cake,... I was sent a discount email for 10% off any item from Axminster tools. Now, despite all the above, ... This decision did not come lightly I can assure you! I am sure the Quangsheng planes would have probably served my purpose adequately, in fact from the reviews I know they...

Howdy!  Have you ever made a decorating decision that you thought you liked, but, the more you looked at it, the less you liked it until you just had to change it so you could sleep at night? That happens to me sometimes and because Im known to change things often, thats exactly what I did.  Im referring to the big ol EXPRESS sign in my kitchen.  I love it, I really do, but NOT in our kitchen.  I just felt like it didnt belong there, so, that kinda started a couple of small changes...

Hey there!  Ive received a number of emails lately asking how I built my dining room table or how I attached the top to the dining room table I already had.  So I decided to do a tutorial for all those who asked.  I didnt take any pictures when I did it so I took pictures of the under side of the table, which many of you have asked for, and will do my best to explain each step.As I mentioned in that post, I used pine 2 x 8s.  After I distressed the boards, process discussed here,...

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