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It's getting close to thirty years ago that I built this chair, a short time after returning to the states from Great Britain to start my first shop, and English style was still very much in front of my eyes. The chair was a commission to go with a desk, and my client liked the classics. I had been working and studying hard in England, trying to soak up as much as I could from the great furniture making history in that part of the world, and in a good local to do it, the town of High…

I’ve always loved seeing period depictions of woodworkers at work. To see the way their tools are stored, their posture while working, and even shop conditions brings these makers to life for me. I have for years been downloading images I found online when they were particularly interesting. It’s been helpful but I often lost track of where I got them. When I recently did a Google image search for an old painting, I realized upon clicking on it that it was hosted on Pinterest. I had never…

Planing a board of any width and length by hand, so that it will be true, need not call for any special talent on the part of a patternmaker, yet tradition

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Check out this SketchUp for Woodworkers Guide full of information for those who want to give it a try. Paul Mayer walks you through his SketchUp journey.

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Building My CNC Circular Saw: The story behind this project and how it came about is explained with a more detail in the YouTube video. Please take a few minutes to watch. You will probably also pick up several nuances that aren't apparent in the still images. In short, a friend…