Author name: Enthusiast

This week I’m in England doing research for my next book, “Campaign Furniture,” and spent today geeking out with Sean and Simon Clarke of Christopher Clarke Antiques – the world’s leading dealer of campaign antiquities. The Clarke brothers have handled thousands of pieces of campaign furniture built during two centuries of the peak of the … Read more »

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In the upcoming November 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I reveal five of my favorite jigs. The one I probably use the most often is pretty simple. It’s a stick. You’ll be able to read about how to make your very own stick in the issue but, if you’re impatient like me, you can watch … Read more »

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In the Saw Storage chapter for “Handsaw Essentials,” I would have liked to include this sawtill that Samuel Peterson built; it was featured in the August 2000 issue of Popular Woodworking. Alas, the files are so old that I would have had to send out slides for scans and rekey the text. And I guess … Read more »

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The November issue starts mailing to subscribers in about two weeks, and inside you’ll find the Editors’ Choice and Readers’ Choice winners of the inaugural PWM Excellence Awards, and a little bit about each of them and their projects (with pictures, of course). But here’s a first look at the grand-prize winning project, a beautiful … Read more »

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In the November issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, you’ll find my 6-Board Chest article. The opening photo (shown below) shows three chests – mine (the blue one), Tim Henricksen’s (the yellow one) and Ty Black’s (the green one). My chest (the one I teach you how to build in the article) has an ogee on … Read more »

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Four corner-positioned lift screws raise this design above the competition. by Glen D. Huey page 14 The Excalibur Deluxe Router Table Kit (#40-200) from General International is a complete shop setup that was introduced in late 2012. In adding the kit to our shop, we were reminded of its outstanding features. The major components are … Read more »

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