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The new woodworking books are here, the new woodworking books are here! 20 copies fresh from the publisher. I like to give credit where c...

I finally finished up the video below that I recorded of Philip C. Lowe, founder of the Furniture Institute Of Massachusetts , demonstrating...

This young man intently testing the Lie-Nielsen tools told me he reads the blog, but I neglected to get his name. I gave him a demonstratio...

I first tried to use SketchUp several years ago. I could see that it would be a very useful tool, but I never got the hang of the user inter...

Phil Lowe prepares to route the field for an inlay on a leg. Yesterday I attended a meeting of the  Society of American Period Furniture...

Some of the beautiful student work on display, showing the type of projects covered in CVSW courses. Last Saturday I represented the Soc...

Matt Cianci sharpening a saw. Once again, the SAPFM New England chapter March meeting was held at Bob Van Dyke's  Connecticut Valle...