Michael Dresdner
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Carol Reed: The Router Lady
Carol Reed, also known as “The Router Lady,” is a highly accomplished woodworker, teacher, and author who grew up in an era where, as she says, “women did not do that sort of thing.”
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Keller Dovetail Jig
Build it simple, and they will come The Keller Dovetail jig is the epitome of simple setup, and does not even require visual inspection to do it right.
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Silas Kopf: Where Elegance Meets Art
Working with one employee in a Northampton, Massachusetts, atelier, Kopf produces exquisitely made furniture lavishly adorned with marquetry of such dazzling beauty that it takes your breath away.
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Wood Answers: The Best Little Web Site On Finishing
Imagine a web site where you can write in questions about finishing, and even woodworking, and get an answer, not from a gaggle of well-intentioned tyros, but direct from a bona fide expert in the field.
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Carol Zandell: The Real Santa’s Helper
A retired high school teacher, Carol Zandell spends her time turning, carving, and designing a dizzying array of puzzle boxes, lumberjacks, whirligigs, dolls, yo-yos, tops, and gaily colored spinning, moving, and otherwise animated wood. In short, she makes toys.
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Old Brown Glue: “Boutique” Hide Glue
What is Old Brown Glue? It’s Pat Edwards’ “boutique” version of hide glue, modified to give it better handling properties and a longer, yet variable, open time.
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Bob Sweazey: When I’m Sixty-Four
At the robust and sensible age of sixty-four, Bob Sweazey professes to be retired, but to the outside observer, it looks as if he traded one job for two active businesses.
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Woodfinder: Helping Find That Perfect Wood
How do you go about finding out who has what you want at the best possible price, and close to home? Go to Wood Finder, of course.
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ShadowWood Too: Kerf’s Wood Cream
ShadowWood Too, started in 1996, makes Kerf’s Wood Cream, a wax and mineral oil-based concoction designed to bring out the beauty of wood safely and pleasantly.
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Joel Eckhaus: An Uncommon Woodworker
Joel Eckhaus’ core work has always been as a musician and woodworker, two fields he conveniently combines in Earnest, a company making non-mainstream musical instruments.