This is a shot of my 1956 Massey Ferguson tractor ready to move bags of sawdust down to the road. This is a sign that things are busy again in my shop. I used to compost my waste sawdust but the piles were just ... Read more
Hi everyone,Here's an attempt to get some activity going on the blog again. What are you working on these days? Anything new? A new twist on an old theme? An old twist on a new theme? There was a lot of interest ... Read more
As a custom furniture maker, I am often asked to make things in styles that may or may not be totally familiar to me. So, to make up for my lack of a formal art education, and to satisfy my ongoing curiosity about ... Read more
Last weekend I had the misfortune of having something on the motherboard of my computer malfunction. In less than the blink of an eye I had absolutely no access to my hard drive - a totally dead compute that ... Read more
The Obama's celebrated their wedding anniversary at the Blue Duck Tavern at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. a week or so ago.At the restaurant, they were among furniture that I made for the Hyatt a couple of ... Read more
I have been drawing furniture with 2 dimensional CAD (Computer Aided Design) programs for many years (probably 20+ ) and have always found 3D programs (where you draw the piece and rotate it to view it from any angle) ... Read more
Sometimes it's good to look to the youths, to stay in tune with what's new and fashionable in pop culture and design. My 11 year old nephew just sent me four pages from the new Potatery Barn catalog, featuring their ... Read more
Link to the show website belowIt's that time of year again .... Time for the Vermont Wood Manufacturers fall furniture show in Woodstock, Vermont ... I participated in the Guild of Vermont Furnituremakers booth last ... Read more
The Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers will be opening it's Second Annual Show at Vermont Artisans Designs Gallery 2, 106 Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont this Friday . There will be a reception this Friday from 5:30 to ... Read more
Linseed oil can create a beautiful finish on fine furniture and metal work. It's an easily renewable finish, a natural product in some of it's forms. I use it to refresh my wood counters and the finish on some of my ... Read more
