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2015 October Shop Tour

I don’t often start a shop tour post by saying there’s nothing to see here. However, in this case there is nothing to see. October’s tour is a brief tribute to my lack of productivity in the shop in September. Don’t forget about the +Modern Woodworkers Association Podcast. We talk woodworking with Guests from around the world […]

How to Build an Outdoor Chair

Learn how to build an Outdoor Chair with just 6 boards and just a few basic tools! Free plans and a how-to video by Shanty2Chic! I will NEVER buy outdoor furniture again, am absolutely in love with my new outdoor patio set? I decided to give my outdoor space a glow up and that started […]

Move Your Body. . .

. . . for better health, strength and stamina. Wood works for health and welfare when your hands or on the right tools, and you use all of your own energy and skill in the doing of it. Of the sharpening of many edges there is no end and yet, every tool I ever bought […]

John Porritt: Details of His Work

Future armbows and combs for stick chairs in a corner of John Porritt’s shop. (Photo by Sue Porritt.) by Brian Crawley John Porritt recently gave a stick chair talk in Austerlitz, New York (click here to read about it). With so many of his chairs gathered in one place, I was able to take some […]