My personal Substack, made with the intention of helping folks get into woodworking and expand their skills. Heavy focus on marquetry.
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Catching up and moving on
I’ve spent about fifteen total minutes in my shop since last week, and the break has been quite nice.
Ever since it was built last spring, I’ve spent pretty much every free minute in there working hard on something with a tight deadline....
Setting woodworking aside so I can enjoy it
As I write this, I’m in the middle of a month of whirlwind travel that’s taking me all over the place.
The “terminal” at the Martha’s Vineyard airport. Shortly after this we all got to walk a few hundred feet in pouring rain to get on the...
Handworks 2026 shopping guide
As I write this, I’m getting ready to head out to sunny Iowa for Handworks 2026. It takes a lot to get me excited these days, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little giddy.
I assume Handworks needs no introduction to my readership, bu...
Building an expanding dining table with curly cherry
I kind of feel like I’m woodworking again after a long break.
That’s of course not true. Woodworking and woodworking related activities take up pretty much every second of time I get to myself. But with writing the book and teaching classe...
Paid subscriber giveaway: the snail dustpan
When I started paid subscriptions to this Substack, I was pretty floored with the response. Folks that have decided to willingly shell out $6 a month to read my words are precious little flowers, and there are many more of you than I though...
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Woodworker, writer, teacher, etc. Author of “Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes” (Fox Chapel Publishing) and “Marquetry for Everyone” (Lost Art Press, forthcoming).
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