Reprint from: Woodwork Joints by William Fairham Fox wedging is a technique where the end of a tenon is split and a wedge is inserted, befor...

I have had an attraction to early cabinetmaker's tool chests since I started accumulating tools about thirty years ago. The one in the o...

I recently had the opportunity to replace a missing tilter on the rear leg of a Shaker side chair. According to Tim Rieman in "The Ency...

One thing that you notice when working on period pieces of furniture is the conservation of materials. That's why there is primary wood ...

A pommel knife (bottom) is a chairmakers tool. It is basically a drawknife with one of the handles in line with the blade. This configurati...

Here you see a series of Bunn feet for a ship model case. The client wanted ivory feet. The best that I could come up with is holly. They tu...

Yes, that seems to be the response from people when I reveal my latest project endeavor. The follow-up question then being "have you ev...