Joanna Werch Takes
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Spring Cleaning
It’s time for spring cleaning in the Woodworker’s Journal offices. How about in your shops? Have you unearthed anything cool?
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Betty Scarpino: An Update on Her Woodturning
Betty Scarpino, a former woodturning columnist for Woodworker’s Journal, is part of a current Indianapolis exhibition — that’s just one thing she’s done with her woodturning and carving.
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Stick Envy
Joanna’s dog’s envious reaction to spring stick cleanup inspires her to wonder whether woodworkers are also envious of others’ projects made from “big sticks.”
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Carole Rothman: Woodworker’s Journal’s Scroll Saw Expert
Ten years after first appearing in the Woodworker’s Journal Weekly, Carole Rothman is now writing a column about scroll sawing for Woodworker’s Journal.
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Dave Bossert Wrote the Book on Disney Animation Furniture
Dave Bossert has written a book about the specialty animation furniture 20th century designer Kem Weber created for Disney Studios.
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Ramon Gibbs: “Jewelry Furniture,” Done His Way
Ramon Gibbs makes what he calls “jewelry furniture,” creating the curves on his band saw boxes with no more than two grits of sandpaper.
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Valentine’s Day: A Woodworker’s Gift-giving Occasion?
Joanna wonders whether woodworkers’ loved ones get gifts from the shop for Valentine’s Day — and, if so, whether those are really belated Christmas presents.
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John Murphy: Working Wooden Vehicle Models
John Murphy, a woodworker in Ireland, builds realistic models of vehicles and construction equipment, with moving parts.
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Nicole Kenefic: Design and Engineering Leads to Woodworking Shop
Nicole Kenefic runs a custom woodworking shop in Indiana, drawing on her background in both engineering and interior design.
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Hoping This Time, It’ll Be Different …
What woodshop procedure or task have you engaged in multiple times, hoping for a different result?
