Journal Staff
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Earthstone: Accelerating the Sands of Time
A year or so ago a new product came out called Earthstone Sanding Blocks, and they are promising to maximize the time you spend doing actual woodworking by minimizing sanding.
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John Nesset: Truth, Wood and Uncertainty
If you want to sit down and talk with John Nesset about the merits of mortises or the troubles with tenons, he probably won’t have much to add to the conversation.
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A Tool So New it Will Take Your Breath Away – or Give it Back
Jim Duxbury drew on his knowledge and experience and came up with what he calls the Resp-O-Rator, a device that takes a radical look at current respirator designs and tries to make some dramatic improvements.
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Alan Lazarus and His Woodworkers’ Network
Most teachers hope their students will go on to succeed in the field and make them proud.
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Clark & Williams: A Sole in the Past and One in the Future
Talking with Larry Williams and Bill Clark is like time travel, because these two know more about the history of hand planes than anyone I have yet encountered.
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Reid Leonard: The Tables of October
Reid Leonard had some rosewood plywood he was interested in, but when he got there, it was all out.
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Hut Products Inc. – Taking Life in Small Turns
Some of the best businesses in our industry were started by woodworkers who said to themselves: “There’s got to be a better way to do this.” Tom Hutchinson is one of those guys.
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A Deep Sense of History: Lee Grindinger
It’s pretty rare these days to see ornately carved, handmade furniture.
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SawStop: A Show Stopper
About a year ago, at the big woodworking show in Atlanta, everyone came back from the event talking about a little booth in the back of the showroom floor and a thing they were calling the “hot dog saw.”
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A Solid Base: Wayne Hoffman
The key to good veneering, says Wayne Hoffman, is a good substrate.
