Today’s Woodworker
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Gill Benzion: In Love with Woodworking and Never Looked Back
Gill Benzion was going down the path of becoming an electrical engineer, when he took a woodworking course because he wanted to build electric guitars.
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Paul Jones: Some Sharp Carving Tools
Paul Jones’s shop is a 20 x 20 garage, packed with tools like a table saw, band saw, drill press, drum sander, flap sander and dust collectors, all 20 feet away from northern Minnesota hardwoods.
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Sally and David Nye: Fan Carvers in Search of History
About 12 years ago, chip carver SallyNye and husband David went to a carving show, where they spotted a little carved bird.
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Maryellen Burdwood-Porter: Hitting the Target in Woodworking
A few years ago, Maryellen Burdwood Porter sometimes shot hand bows as a hobby, and especially loved the old wooden ones.
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Teresa Audet: From Woodworking Student to Lifelong Learner
After graduating last year with a degree in furniture design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Teresa Audet is now launching her own career as a woodworker.
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Jeremy Grubb: Making Showstoppers
When Jeremy Grubb starts a woodworking project, “I’m normally just trying to push out a showstopper,” he said.
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Jason Straw: from House Repair to Woodworking as Art
When he bought his first house “in complete disrepair,” all Jason Straw owned for tools “was a socket and a screwdriver.”
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Riley Grotts: Woodworker and Renaissance Man
Riley Grotts says he “can’t remember when I wasn’t” a woodworker.
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Robert Rutkowski: Liking Machine-Like Woodworking
Robert Rutkowski has a background in engineering, which means, he said, that “I like machinery.”
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Kim Bryant: Groomed for Carving
A couple of years ago, after Kim Bryant and her husband, Doug, retired, “We were bored, so we started building things,” Kim said.
