Run away from, or deal with it (the table saw).

At every show or event that I’ve been to, wood workers arrived by driving cars. Is there a more dangerous activity? How many people do you know or know of who have been involved in serious or fatal vehicle accidents, many within just a few miles of home? For all the new gadgetry produced, air […]

Budget Accommodations for the WIA Weekend

Megan Fitzpatrick at Popular Woodworking offered a nice list of accomodations in the Cincinnati area (http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/editorsblog/Where+To+Stay+For+The+June+4+5+LieNielsen+Hand+Tool+Event.aspx), one of which I availed myself of back in June for the Lie-Nielsen event for a night. Looking forward to the WIA this late September, I still haven’t booked a place, and need to locate a more low-budget option […]

Amazing Italian designed space saving furniture

There’s not much wood content in the products I see designed by Resource Furniture. In fact, only the steam bent slats under the mattresses are wood, carefully used for their inherent ability to spring. I like this furniture because it speaks to the needs of people living in an increasingly crowded planet. I like the […]