Michael Dresdner
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Roberto-Venn: Three Decades of Training Guitarmakers
Ask any guitarmaker to name a school where you can learn that craft, and odds are he or she will say “Roberto-Venn.”
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Robo-Sander: Not Bait and Switch, but Bait and Sand
Listening to Ken Picou might convince you that growing up in Louisiana encourages people do strange things.
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From the Big Dig in Boston to the Big Prize in Providence
At this year’s Providence Fine Furnishings Show, Thomas J. MacDonald captured the Best in Show ribbon for the traditional furniture body of work category.
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Norman Pirollo: The Refined Edge of White Mountain
Visit the web site of Refined Edge Furniture Design, and you’ll see some beautifully handcrafted furniture. Mosey on over to White Mountain Design, and you are likely to get a strange feeling of déjà vu as you peer at lovely handmade boxes and hand planes.
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Drill Doctor: Pointing the Way to Perpetually Sharp Drill Bits
Odds are you have already heard talk about Drill Doctor, the superbly clever gizmo designed to sharpen drill bits quickly, effortlessly and flawlessly.
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Michael Keller: The Eagle Has Landed
Browse Michael Keller’s eclectic mix of wood carvings, and you will conclude immediately that here is a man with reverence for wood, and the ability to draw the mysticism from it.
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Gramercy Tools
What happens when you take a vintage tool fanatic, collector, and designer who also happens to be a whiz at software and let him loose on the world?
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Jennifer Shirley: Hoosier Favorite Turner
As a working single mother with a teenaged son, Jennifer Shirley already has a lot to juggle. As everyone knows, juggling takes balance and, after all, what is more balanced than a lathe?
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Quick and Dirty Boat Building Competition
Imagine a competition where three-person teams must build a boat, put it in the water and race it, all within a seven-hour period; where one goal of the race organizers is to have as many boats sink as possible; and where one of the prize categories, announced in advance, is for “Best Bribe to the Judges.”
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JET/WMH: New Offerings for Woodworking’s JET Set
It seems that every time you turn around, JET is coming out with new and improved machinery. That’s certainly not a bad thing, but it does tend to keep us on our toes.
