The Renaissance Woodworker

We have the full year Patriot pass so why not take advantage of it and scheduled another trip down to Williamsburg for this weekend. It is spring break for my wife so I am taking a few days off so we can get out of town. I feel continually blessed to live in [...]

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Here in the US we tend to be a little ethnocentric. Call it American swagger, call it geographic isolation but we often forget that things are different elsewhere in this big world. So it is nice every once in a while to be shaken out of our preconceptions.
Last weekend I made [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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