Today’s Woodworker
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Don Weber: The Bodger of Paint Lick, Kentucky
This Welsh artisan offers a great history lesson on bodgers, woodturning, and his own woodworking history – throwing in some modern-day advice as well.
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Tom Jahns: Sticks and Stones
“Sticks and stones may break my bones,” goes the old playground chant, but in the hands of Tom Jahns, they become…
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Stephen Rosasco: A Conservation Restorer
The “Gilded Age,” a term coined by Mark Twain to describe the period from the 1870s to World War I,…
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John Hampton: Sleepless in Raymond
A lifelong learner, John Hampton fits more woodworking into a day than most people do in a month.
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Spirit Ayastigi: That Sinking Feeling
Spirit Ayastigi’s creation of unique, impressive wooden sinks is just one part of his life as an artist.
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Larry and Nancy Buechley: Partners Who Dovetail
Larry and Nancy Buechley have the sort of partnership that most of us think exists only in fiction. They share their lives, work, recreation, and design ideas.
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Tracking the Elusive Crown Guard: Its Origins, Purpose and Simple Assembly Instructions
To give us as complete a picture as possible, I contacted two of the people whose Internet postings started the whole discussion, and got them to share their reasons for making these fascinating guards, and their methods of creating them.
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Betty Scarpino: Wordsmith/Woodsmith
Betty Scarpino, a new contributing editor for the Woodworker’s Journal, is a lifelong woodturner with a knack for creating refreshingly unique pieces.
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Stephen Hatcher: Turning Natural Beauty
Stephen Hatcher’s creative woodturnings are so masterful, it seems impossible to believe that ten years ago, he didn’t even own a lathe.
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William Cumpiano: Crafting Great Guitars and Teaching Others to Do the Same
Since 1971, Bill Cumpiano has been building and repairing some of the finest handmade guitars and stringed instruments on the planet.