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Hey folks- we’re going through the ‘anti bug’,  server-change-over this week !! ; o – so ,the ‘web site’ may be a little confused. But on the upside, I should have an announcement in the next two weeks about a new project…maybe a few new projects ? maybe a few more projects from … no, […]

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I wanted to post a quick note about classes this Autumn season. I offer 3 hour private classes here in  my work shop and topics can range from a basic hand tool introduction to more advanced  sharpening skills and onto hand planing and sawing. You never need to bring anything with you but I usually […]

‘Outside another yellow moon punched a hole in the nighttime, I climb through the window and down to the street I’m shining like a new dime’ Downtown Train by Tom Waits…from the album Rain Dogs, 1985. Hello to all- I’m back in the big city and almost through the first week back to school. iTunes […]

Happy 4th of July to all of my American friends. It’s been another busy few days in the wood shop and I wanted to post an update before we head to the Coast for another Unplugged Summer on Cape Breton Island! The Queens Wharf cabinet finally has some doors. Still not finished doors, or glued […]

In my last post I made a coopered door for a new cabinet I’m building. The design features two curved doors, the one coopered and the other a bent lamination and mirror image, although taller version of the first. ( coopered on left hand side opening out and away from center ) They’re both absolutely […]

Thanks for the comments and questions on my last post, the following series will chronicle the process in making a coopered door. This is not the only way to make curved furniture parts and in my next post I’ll show you how I made the match to this door using a bent lamination process. I’m […]

These reclaimed planks of Hemlock were once part of the Queens Wharf here in Toronto, Ontario. The original structure was built in 1833 and cost then, the town of York about £ 4600. Incredible. Named for Queen Victoria, it stood for generations until quite literally, the city landscape grew up and out of the shore […]

When your weekend begins in Utopia, ( seriously, have a look for yourself ) and ends in a Fathers day on Sunday, you’ll find that life is good indeed. But man if an extra hour would fall my way this week I’d be grateful. Sometimes Monday comes too quickly and I’m into the wood shavings […]

I received a letter from Tõnis Arjus in Estonia this past week and included were these great shots of his new tool chest. I absolutely love what Tõnis did with the design. It looks like he took some of the aesthetic elements of my Cabinetmakers Toolchest and mixed it with the size and storage options […]