I buy virtually all of my lumber for furniture projects in the “rough”. By rough, I mean that the lumber has not been processed in any way since it was sawed into planks and then dried. The bark is gone, but the faces and the edges are rough and in need of surface and edge [...]
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This weekend I was doing a bit more straightening in the workshop and I came across a box of older Fine Woodworking magazines that I had temporarily stored there and were in need of a better home. While sorting through the issues so that I could file them, I came across Issue #168 from February [...]
As I previously mentioned in this post, I always start the process of a furniture design with sketches of the piece that I would like to build. This helps me to explore what is in my minds eye and to evolve it to the point that I can detail it via computer and then ultimately [...]
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Whenever I start thinking about a new furniture project I start with a sketchbook and pencil. I find that armed with these simple tools I am best able to explore all the potential design ideas that may surface. Because there’s no shortage of paper, I can keep drawing potential ideas for the project at hand. [...]
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