2023
Happy New Year Everyone. I’d really like to thank all of you who have been following my blog and supporting my work this past year.… Read More »2023
Notes From the Shop
4 Leg Stool – Fabrication 2
Continuing on with the 4-leg stool build… With the joinery cut, I moved on to chamfering and finish planing. All the parts got 3 mm… Read More »4 Leg Stool – Fabrication 2
4 Leg Stool – Fabrication
Fabrication for the 4-leg stool started like most projects with some bandsawing and milling. The individual parts for each stool are pretty basic, just legs… Read More »4 Leg Stool – Fabrication
The trouble with Splayed Legs
In last week’s post I shared a bunch of different designs for a 4-leg stool, with the plan being to design a stool that would… Read More »The trouble with Splayed Legs
4-Leg Stool – Design
A few months back I started working on a design for a 4-leg stool. Coming up with a design that I was excited about was… Read More »4-Leg Stool – Design
Inspiration – Toru Fukuda
This week I thought I’d mention an artist who I’ve been following for the past couple of years, and I’ve been consistently impressed and inspired… Read More »Inspiration – Toru Fukuda
Kezurou-kai #39
Last weekend I went to the 39th annual Kezurou-kai event in Itoigawa, Niigata. It was my first time going to the event here in Japan,… Read More »Kezurou-kai #39
Japanese Sharpening Machines
A while back I shared a post on some unique woodworking machines that are typically only available here in Japan. Japan has a fair share… Read More »Japanese Sharpening Machines
Warping Dry Bowls
Over the past few months I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on the lathe experimenting and making a pretty large variety of plates,… Read More »Warping Dry Bowls
Kanna Workshop – Setting the Chipbreaker
When it comes to actually setting a chipbreaker and adjusting it relative to the main blade, the typical method is to sight down into the… Read More »Kanna Workshop – Setting the Chipbreaker
