The Classic Style is the most difficult of the saw cut styles to master. It involves cutting each piece separately, from packets of veneer, each co...

The “Painting in Wood” style of marquetry cutting dates to early 17th century France and gets its name from the relationship of the typical subject...

I was doing a piece by piece experiment recently with an eye to a new project I had in mind and thought it would make an appropriate addition to th...

If any of you are interested in trying hide glue but think it is messy or inconvenient / slow to apply on larger glue-ups. I can tell you about it ...

I built a new sliding hatch for Friendship last year to replace the $136 piece of medium bronze acrylic that I sat on the while setting up some rig...

Recently I was pressing some marquetry that was 26” long. That’s not necessarily a problem with hot hide glue unless your press is only 20” square ...

Entry period of the WoodworkingWeb Awards – CURVE-aliciousness is now officially open and will close on July 24. Feel free to submit your creation ...

CURVE-aliciousness Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 13 amazing entries. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. ...

Our second WoodworkingWeb awards are behind us and we ended with 13 beautiful entries. I would like to thank you all who participated either by sub...

Surprised at the interest, now the pressure is really on (especially with Huff watching) ;) For me the first order of business is to get the bed ha...

Got a rush job to build Approx. 45’ of painted display cases for a convention in New York. I only have 2 weeks to get it done. The units will all b...

Just an update on my side job! My partner and I finally got the job rolling on Sat. the 19th after narrowing down the details with the designers fr...

Here is the start of how I made the piano box . This is the pattern which I simply transfer to the work piece and then cut out the piece on the ban...

Here is part 2 of the box build and I have made the change from 1/2" ply to 3/8" ply for the sides and I think it will give a more pleasing and bal...

WARNING, LONG AND POTENTIALLY VERY BORING BLOG! Shortly after finishing my Chevalet Paul aka Shipwright asked me if I...

The previous segment of this blog we ended with two arches. One had a lot of creep and the other not so much. I have never cleaned any arched piece...

I spent the last 2 weekends working on the top and it is now done. This blog is a little too long but did not want to brake it into two. I asked Be...

At the end of blog #6 we left off with the top done. Here is the top with a couple of coats of spar urethane. I looked at many finish for outdoor a...

To have a double roof, you need a double header. The math is the same as before, but you have to decide how big you want the upper roof to be. This...

I don’t know how exciting this will be. What can I say, it’s sheathing and shingles. The following two pictures show the upper and lower frieze, in...

I searched and searched, but I can’t find any pictures of the rest of the process. As I said in the previous blog, the wife wasn’t exactly up for t...

Another week of our Magazine Giveaway it’s time to pick one winner randomly from all of our members that posted at least one creation. The Winner i...

Another week of our Magazine Giveaway it’s time to pick one winner randomly from all of our members that posted at least one creation. The Winner i...

Today was the last day to enter our Magazine Giveaway and it’s time to choose the last winner randomly from all of our members that posted at least...

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