I inlaid decorative black stars in my slab coffee table. This is one of those times when the reason why might be more interesting as the how. The how is good, too but the WHY is a good story all by itself! The wood slab that I used for the table had a lot […]
I met with David Marks while he was still in the early stages of his greatest woodturning project (yet!). He showed my the specialized lathe tools he uses for very large hollow vessel turnings and some of his woodturning tricks! He also explained his amazing methods for storing, drying and stabilizing wood for his wood turning […]
I met Braxton Wirthlin in January of this year at his wood shop in Boulder City, Nevada. Well, actually we met at a local pub first, but I digress. Braxton is a very creative guy and he loves making things. His interests range from traditional woodworking, to digital woodworking (with CNC’s), to wood turning, to […]
In my last article, I showed how I constructed the two pieces that make up the base for my slab coffee table. In this article I will show the steps I took to get them from rough shells into two sculpted and fully textured furniture parts that are ready for finishing. There were some real […]
A Walnut Slab Coffee Table I have a very nice walnut slab that I plan to make into a coffee table. I flattened this slab right on my workbench! I am happy to say that flattening a slab of wood with a router was even easier that I thought it would be! Not only was […]
I visited Michael Cooper in January of 2016. Michael is an unbelievably creative and talented guy. His body of work is so impressive that you will have to see it to believe it. He and his wife, Gayle, are as friendly, nice, and down to earth as Michael is talented. If I had to sum […]
Peter Brown is known for doing crazy things on his YouTube videos. He combines woodworking tools with unconventional materials to make some of the most creative videos on YouTube. He melted a box of crayons into a solid block and turned them on a lathe to make a bracelet. He made a ring out of […]
Constructing the base for the Slab Coffee Table I wanted the slab coffee table to have a sculpted and carved base that looked kind of like a tree trunk. I also decided it would look more interesting if the base looked like a tree trunk that had split in half, so I made the base […]
I just completed my road trip interviewing various woodworkers throughout the western United States. This was an amazing trip, I met and interviewed some of the most talented woodworkers in the country! The interviews and the videos will be fantastic, but I the best part for me personally is that I made so many new […]
After meeting with Zac Higgins in Reno I drove to Sacramento to meet with Ray Mowder of TabLeft Workshop. Ray has some very clever videos and I have really enjoy his YouTube channel. From there Michael Cooper, David J. Marks and Peter Brown have all been an amazing part of this trip! Charlie and Ray […]