In my earlier posting, I promised to give regular progress reports about building my new shop. Well, not much has happened. I did fill out the permit application, but other activities have stalled further ... Read more

In his post last week, Dan put out a call to other members to see what we do with our scraps. I generate enough scraps each year for kindling for my house and my neighbor's, but before anything makes it into the ... Read more

One reason I decided to take up making furniture professionally was that I figured that I would never get bored with it. After 22 years I find that this is still true. I used to always want to be making something ... Read more

Once upon a time there was a furniture maker who worked long hours building simple (but well made and beautiful) furniture in his workshop in Putney, Vermont. At the end of every day he would go home and check his email ... Read more

Below is something I posted to my Dorset Custom Furniture blog on Thursday. Here on the Guild blog, I thought it would be interesting if other Guild members added their images to this post ... It's always interesting to ... Read more

OK, I'm going officially crazy. For two nights now I have been trying to manipulate these photos into a different order. Anyway I give up.But I did have two glasses of wine tonight and things are looking up, last night ... Read more

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