Today’s Woodworker
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Earl Nesbitt: Challenging, Sculptural Projects
Earl Nesbitt has “always loved wood and furniture,” but he spent the first part of his career working as a machinist — until he decided to look for something more fulfilling.
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John “Sam” Sammarco: Motorcycles in Miniature
Like many woodworkers, John “Sam” Sammarco decided to take up a hobby after he retired: golf.
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Lynne Buss: Marquetry Day and Night
Lynne Buss got an education in manufacturing and then spent nearly five years working as a mechanical engineer. And then, she decided to try to find a job that used her hands and let her work from home.
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Ian Kirby and LiLi Jackson: Woodworkers and On Camera Talent
Starring in the new DVD series from Woodworker’s Journal, The Way to Woodwork, are Ian Kirby and LiLi Jackson.
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Keith Neer: “Retiring” Into Woodworking
Keith Neer’s wife told him, “You’ve been talking about doing something other than in your basement. Why don’t you do it?”
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Rebecca Yaffe and Laura Mays: Two Woodworking Partners, Two Continents
Individually, Rebecca Yaffe and Laura Mays each considered becoming an architect — and ended up becoming a woodworker.
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Chris Bryant: Wooden Boards for the Water
A few years ago, Chris Bryant was on vacation in Hawaii when his wife saw a wooden paddleboard and asked, “Do you think you could build one of those?”
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Michaela Anderson: Shop Classes Still Create Woodworkers
Michaela Anderson is something that’s turning into a rare sighting these days: a high school woodworker.
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Don Suiter: Turner with a Fondness for Burl — and Stone
For over 20 years, Don Suiter worked in construction, building homes.
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Adam Crowell: the Rhythm of Woodworking
“I was always being drug into the shop by my dad, teaching me to do certain things.”
