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First, Simon, thank you for all your kind words. To be mentioned in the same paragraph with Phil Lowe, and Paul Sellers (and yes, I'm younger than both), in a flatteringly comparative way is truly an...

I used Industrial for years before moving out of the area. They're great. Good products and service. Easy to deal with and never had a problem. Wish I lived closer so I could buy from them now.

David,

Up until the time I started a school 6 years ago, then took a job with Popular Woodworking Magazine a little over a year ago, I made my living solely from building furniture (a good 25...

I'm right there with you Bill. It's not for everybody, but then neither is working entirely with hand tools. Different strokes...

It is pretty cool. I used it for a few months in the PWM shop before I wrote a review for the magazine. They just came out with the Ready 2 Lift that goes along with the Ready 2 Rout making a...

Exhibited there the summer before last at their open house. It's not a huge place but definitely worth the trip. Rockport, Rockland and Camden, Maine are all a short drive from Warren and are great...

Gene lived in Montoursville, PA which is outside Williamsport.

Another thing to consider is that all the 200+ year old pieces out there have been polished and refinished for 200+ years. This has often muted or obliterated the hand tool marks left on the surfaces...

Stew, I'm happy you enjoyed the Bermuda dovetail lesson.

I know I'm a little late in replying but it sure was great meeting everyone. Got to catch up briefly with my friend Adam. Seems weird to...

And the price the customer was willing to pay which translates into the amount of time the craftsman could put into the work and still turn a profit.

Derek,

I have a friend that works for one of the largest flooring manufactuerers in the world. Their "hand scraped flooring" is actually hand scraped. To call the inmates who do the work...

Jeff,

If you can't play with LV dovetail saws in their booth, swing by mine and I'll let you play with my dovetail saws. I have one of each of the LV saws with me this year. I'm using them in my...

I'm not sure how "scientifically" he does it but Ed Paik of Medallion toolworks crafts each tote to the end user. He works from tracings of your hand to design and fit the tote specifically to you.

Not sure where you're moving to but once you get there, you're welcome to swing by my place and pick up all the scraps and shavings you can handle. Just want to do my bit to help make the new shop...

Mark,

Your dovetails look very good. If your photos are in sequential order from left to right, it looks like you crushed your base line a little on day 3. I show in my DVD a little trick that...

Trevor,

The dovetails look great. Glad you stopped by Ball & Ball last week. Still wish you had taken my dovetail class ;) but it really looks like Alan and Mario got you on the right track. Keep...

I'm the best kept secret in the woodworking world...:D

Thankfully they haven't reviewed/endorsed Geoffrey's Inlay Razor...;)

I'm with George on this. I actually do make a lot of furniture and 90% of the time I have a 1/4" six tooth skip Lenox blade on my saw. Works like a charm. I have been messing with the Timber Wolf...

:rolleyes: Look folks, it takes seconds to cut out the blank for one of the bent razors. I'm an extremely traditional woodworker yet I can see the value and innovation of this tool. The vast majority...

You guys are tough!

The intention of the video was not to give you a tutorial but a simple introduction. We shot the video in his shop with just a single camera, no sound and no lights. It was...

My vote would definitely be the Chester County Historical Society in West Chester and Winterthur in Delaware. Someone mentioned Wharton Esherick, also a great place to visit not far from W.C. Another...

I purchased a 20" planer and a floor model oscillating spindle sander in 1991 that are still going. After tons of employees and well over 100,000 bdft. of lumber I finally replaced the bearings on...

I've cut tens of thousands of dovetails all by hand. If you can wait about 6 months, and you're willing to travel a little (to the Woodworking Show in Baltimore in early January), I'm more than...

And, for the record, I've neither bent nor broken a chuck on a metal lathe or drill press.;)