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To lay some groundwork for this week’s theme of marquetry I thought I might post a blog I did a while back detailing the different styles of cuttin...
Why am I blogging this? This will be my second marquetry using veneers. This one will be much more difficult than my first recently finished practi...
I this video, woodworker Brad Bernhart of Red Lodge, Montana shares a little about his business, the importance of lean manufacturing, and where he...
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...
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...
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...
My garage /shop is tiny, weighing in at 10′ × 19-1/2’. Recently I acquired a couple of tools and all of a sudden I’m running completely out of floo...
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...
This style is named for one of the great masters, Andre-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) and it differs from double bevel style in several ways. In both ...
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 ...
In this video I answer one of the most common questions that I get from woodworkers: How do I sell my woodworking projects? In this video I share h...
Oh what a wonderful summer it is thus far. Weather-wise, here in Ontario, Canada, it has had its ups and downs, but here in our WoodworkingWeb Comm...