Yesterday Tim Clark emailed and called to tell me Design Within Reach is marketing a knock-off of my Bowback Bench (See:http://www.jasbecker.com/bench.html to view the original.) Tim indicated thatDesign Within ... Read more
I recent finished this George Nakashima inspired walnut dining table, as I look back it is evident that I am still learning and truly enjoyed all aspects of the process, from working on the design with the client ... Read more
I finally made the trip to Tom Lathrop's in Bristol this week to find some birdseye maple boards for a table top I need to make. I found exactly what I needed for the job. He said he is still busy with work, which is ... Read more
There it is, my new shop! I took delivery of about 5,000 board feet of pine yesterday. There is a little locust for the sills, a cherry half log (the loggers threw in) and a maple log for some flooring. My band saw ... Read more
This little cabinet is something I sent off to my mother a couple of weeks ago. My mom is a quilter and she had saved the four drawers from her own mother's sewing cabinet and wanted a way to use them. My grandma was ... Read more
Greetings fellow inhabitants of the blogoshpere! While I have read many a blog, this is the first time I have posted anything on one. This is an exciting new step for our guild, and I look forward to seeing how it ... Read more
Ever since I hung out my furniture-maker shingle, I’ve been frustrated by my pathetic habits when it comes to record keeping. It’s bad enough that my office is a jumble of unfiled drawings and stacks of bills (yes, ... Read more
Another freezing cold (but sunny) morning here in Waltham, Vermont. I rode in with my wife and son when she drove him to school this morning so that I could walk the two miles back home. Making furniture is a fairly ... Read more
Members of the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers are all fiercely independent having achieved an extremely high level of skill in the art of furniture making and figured out a way to make a living at this. Both of these ... Read more
Click the photo to enlarge it ... keep the pics about 1000 pixels wide and around 100kb or less and they'll be good This one's about 750 x 800I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the 20 or so woodworkers in the Guild of ... Read more
