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Former Center for Furniture Craftsmanship student Georgia Dent practices her dovetails in the kitchen using apples and sweet potatoes, and her mortise-and-tenons with watermelon. This is a great video.

I stumbled across a parody of The New Yankee Workshop on YouTube. It's called The Old Crankee Workshop, and I found it mildly humorous. I hope it brings a smile…

The recent Furniture Society Conference was an inspiring event, but membership is down, and the Society is suffering an identity crisis. What should they do next?

See who won a copy of How to Make Picture Frames

The votes are in. Now it's time to award a brand-new spray rig!

Carved fans and shells are a defining detail on Queen Anne-style furniture. The other day I had a request from a friend to show how I would go about drawing…

Voting in our Tip-Top Tables Contest ends tomorrow!

Has the tool gone the way of the Model T or T-Rex?

Sometimes a SketchUp model can become complex enough that it is difficult to locate specific parts easily. They may be located inside the model or otherwise out of sight. If…

As indicated in the previous blog entries on this subject, I am usually able to paste the textures without fiddling with (or editing) the component. I find it simpler to…