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A Curious Little Table

January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I paid a visit to the Baltimore Museum of Art this past weekend. I had heard tales of their excellent decorative arts wing that contains excellent examples of 18th century furniture with an emphasis on local cabinetmakers from Baltimore and Annapolis. Unfortunately on my way down the hall to the exhibit I was [...]

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Taking Your Tools On The Road

December 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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RWW 75 Colonial Williamsburg

December 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

For our 10th wedding anniversary my wife and I paid a visit to one of our favorite places: Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. We took in the whole town and were fortunate to be one of the first people to take the furniture enthusiasts tour of the Everard house next to the Governor’s palace. [...]

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RWW 73 WIA Wenzloff & Saw Sharpening

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments

This is my last post on WIA and I save a good one til last. Mike Wenzloff knows everything there is to know about saw sharpening and in this episode he hits on the highlights to get a great performing saw. So enjoy this post as I am done reporting on WIA. [...]

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RWW 72 WIA 17th Century Carving with Peter Follansbee

November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

One of my favorite seminars at this year’s WIA in Valley Forge was Peter Follansbee’s look at 17th century carving. We learned a lot about the furniture of the style, the carvings, and how they were made. I got a great deal of footage during this session and it was really hard to [...]

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Tags: Hand Tools · On the road · Techniques

RWW 71 WIA: Moulding Planes with Williams & McConnell

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Time to head back up to Valley Forge to see what we can learn about molding planes. Larry Williams and Don McConnell talked to us about the history and usage of these ubiquitous yard sale finds.
This seminar was my first at WIA and has captivated me with regard to the history of [...]

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RWW 69: WIA Western Sawing with Ron Herman

October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you think you have a lot of saws then think again. Ron Herman probably has more saws than anyone alive. What’s amazing is he uses everyone of them and uses them well.
Enjoy this episode full of gratuitous vintage saw footage.

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RWW 68: WIA Stringing & Inlay with Chuck Bender

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Another great seminar at WIA this time centered around traditional inlay techniques with Chuck Bender.
Make sure you check out Chuck’s blog for complete instructions on how to make your own set of Bender inlay tools.
Finally, a few points on Sulfur inlay that I forgot to mention in the podcast. When cutting the recess for [...]

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Furniture Tour of Thomas Everard House

October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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RWW 67: WIA Cherubini’s Joinery Planes

October 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Adam Cherubini gave an entertaining presentation on the typical joinery planes found the the 18th century Joiners tool chest. Here are a few clips from that presentation and a bonus look at Adam cutting dovetails in the hand tool olympics.

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