Author name: Enthusiast

Every year for the last four or five years, I’ve spent at least a week teaching at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Ind. It’s an honor for me to be invited there, and be among the group of instructors. I always leave impressed with the facility, and with the man who turned … Read more »

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When we started the Woodworking in America conference several years ago, one of our goals was to bring in instructors who offer a unique perspective. This year, we looked to the west coast and invited Ejler Hjorth-Westh, one of the instructors at the College of the Redwoods Fine Furniture program, the school founded by James … Read more »

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Nope – this isn’t about woodworking or a woodworking book. The only lignum involved has been chipped, pulped, bleached, beaten, pressed and printed. Stop reading now if that offends you. Today, the second-most consulted book in our office marks it’s 60th anniversary with the release of the 2013 edtion of “The Associated Press Stylebook.” I … Read more »

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At one of the woodworking schools where I teach there is a quote hanging on the wall that has always bugged me a bit. I’ll paraphrase it: In 100 years, people will only care WHAT you did, not HOW you did it. Whenever I read that quote, all I can think about what the first … Read more »

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I need to get busy on my workbench top so I can decide how many of the different work-holding designs to use at my bench. At this time at my home shop, I’m using a pair of Gramercy holdfasts, but earlier this year a couple of companies, namely Lee Valley and Kreg, introduced holdfasts of … Read more »

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Dale Nish, one of the world’s most influential woodturners, teachers and writers, died yesterday in Provo, Utah. Nish taught woodworking at Brigham Young University for 28 years, until his retirement in 1995. He’s the author of several landmark books on turning including “Creative Woodturning” and “Artistic Woodturning,” and of many magazine articles and columns. In … Read more »

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