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Long-time Guild member Peter Perrello informed me recently of his participation in the Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report. For those who aren’t familiar, the show satirizes conservative political pundit programs and is filled with tongue-in-cheek humor. The show is also intended for an a...
Many of you probably saw the recent “Win a Day with Tommy Mac” sweepstakes promos around the web. I am happy to announce that one of our own Guild members, Tom Baker, is the lucky winner! Tom will be heading to Canton Massachusetts to observe a taping of the Rough Cut Show. If its anyth...
... Series. Duane received some difficult news recently concerning his battle with cancer, and I am doing everything I can to help out. For every Guild member who builds this table, and sends me a picture of the finished product, I will donate $5 to the American Cancer Society. Now if you would like ...
Our Summer Guild Build is coming up, and the Guild members have decided that we are making a chest of drawers together. As with the Shaker End Table Guild Build, I will be releasing detailed plans, SketchUp drawings, and some of the most comprehensive woodworking videos you can imagine. We are re...
...doors were just flat, so I decided on the new doors to do raised panels. It worked out great and made the door rebuild a tolerable process! As a Guild member, here are some of the areas where Marc assisted me: - Design advice on adding additional upper & lower moldings to the upper case. Compar...
General: * The President of the local Woodworkers Association in Arizona calls Marc to see if he would be interested in being a judge for their anuual Excellence in Woodworking event. (link for Arizona Woodworkers Association: http://www.azfinewoodworkers.org/default.asp) * Matt is expanding his ...
...d on “Minwax(R) Oil-Based Red Oak Wood Finish Interior Stain” to give it the look I wanted. Project Description: As a Mason I am an active member of the Fraternity and love my Lodge. As it nears its 100 year anniversary I wanted to do something special by putting to practice many of the ...
This Safety Week special article is brought to you by MicroJig! This cautionary tale was was written by community member Tyler Reichelt. I had a close call today. I’m relatively new to the craft and have read up on safety as I’ve gone along. I’ve heard a lot of the horror storie...
...n drag design, you can still use this incredibly helpful program at the most basic level and still get something useful out of it. Thankfully, Guild member Robert (TurkVA) is one of those fancy proficient SketchUp users, and he was able to create a SketchUp plan which is available for you to downl...
As is always the case, my designs tend to change on the fly. And since this was a Guild project, a lot of Guild member input went into the design modifications. So this video begins with a quick screencast showing you some of the changes I made to the tool cabinet since our last presentation. Viv...
I wanted to send this project to Marc, not for posting but to thank the forum members and him personally for the inspiration to get me out of the virtual woodworking mode. I wanted to try woodworking for a long time but never seemed to have the time or confidence to begin. I have watched The New Ya...
This article was written by VitalBodies, a Wood Whisperer community member. If you like music, you’ll enjoy his story. Here’s a short bio: From countless wood shop classes to contractor to fixer to starting to create a home shop. For the fixer I have been doing everything from fences to...