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Wooden Grooving and Rabbeting Planes

BY KERRY PIERCE
A tablesaw equipped with a dado set is brutally efficient for cutting dozens of grooves, dadoes or rabbets. I tend to build just one piece at a time, though, so I rarely find myself faced with making such a large number of joints. More typically, I need dadoes for two or four shelves,… »

Studio Furniture at the Renwick

Furniture historian Oscar Fitzgerald discusses his new catalog of contemporary artisan-made furniture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.

1. George Nakashima “Conoid Bench”
1977 Walnut, hickory, 31-1/8″ × 84-1/2″ × 35-5/8″
Photo by Edward Owen

Tom Caspar: You’ve been writing about woodworking in the United States for quite a while, including the comprehensive book Four Centuries… »

Seeing the World with David Upfill-Brown

BY PATRICK DOWNES • PHOTOS BY DAVID UPFILL-BROWN
It’s impossible to fall asleep while David Upfill-Brown talks. At the very first word, you’ll cock your head like a terrier, trying for your life to figure out his accent. Born in South Africa and raised in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, David has lived across the English-speaking world, from… »

Shopmade Handscrews

Thread your own wooden screws
BY STEVEN BUNN
Even though I have a small fortune invested in tools, I always seem to be short of wooden handscrew clamps. But daydreaming about buying ten more of these versatile tools runs smack into the reality that such a purchase requires spending anywhere from $200 to $450, depending on the… »

A High School for Boatbuilders

SWEDEN’S STENSUND FOLKHOGSKOLA
BY DREW LANGSNER
As director of Country Workshops, a small crafts school focused on traditional woodworking, I have enjoyed organizing an annual international craft tour. Since 1991, we have visited Sweden, England, Switzerland, and Japan. I organize each tour with someone well versed in the regional crafts and local culture of the country we… »

Veneer Tech - Craftsman’s Challenge

Cash Awards Up to $3000 Plus Recognition for Woodworkers Like You

2008 Craftsman’s Challenge Winners

FURNITURE
Silas Kopf
Kopf Woodworking

2008 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Gregg Novosad, Devine Design

STUDENT DESIGN
Pete Michelinie
North Bennet
Street School

CABINETRY
Alex & Lorelei Gruss
Studio Gruss

STORE FIXTURES
Thomas Reistetter
Silvestri CA

SPECIALTY ITEMS
Geoffrey Kaiser &
David Snyder
Snyder’s Piano Service

ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORKING
Ralph Peterson
ONSITE Woodwork

Veneer Technologies is now accepting entries for the company’s fifth annual design competition,… »