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I recently returned from seven awesome (and tiring) days of teaching at the William Ng School of Fine Woodworking. The first five days were dedicated to the Modern Hall Table, and the weekend class was focused on the frame. And believe it or not, the frame was the more challenging project to comp...
This month, we have something really special for you: a chance to win a complementary registration for one of three cyber-school offerings this Spring from Chidwick School of Fine Woodworking. This exciting series of educational online woodworking classes provide woodworkers with professional-level...
in mind, I’d like to introduce you to a new premium paid video course from my buddy Shannon Rogers: The Renaissance Woodworker’s Hand Tool School. The Hand Tool School is very much a modern version of an old-fashioned apprenticeship. Many folks don’t know where to start when it ...
During the Greene & Greene coffee table class I attended a few weeks ago, William Ng gave us an impromptu lesson in scraper sharpening. Fortunately I had my Flip Cam at the ready and captured this tutorial for your enjoyment. William uses Takenoko 4,000 and 8,000 grit sharpening stones and you...
ty for exposure that previously didn’t exist. I am certainly not claiming this is filling the gap left behind by the lack of incorporation into school curriculums, but I do at least see it as a step in the right direction. So with all this buzz about woodworking and with so many people getti...
w Auxiliary Fence Wood Magazine Tablesaw Fence Support WoodSmith.com Tablesaw 10 Best Tablesaw Jigs Tablesaw Caddy/Auxiliary Fence from the William Ng School. John Smith Wants to know if I am teaching classes as William Ng this year. Should he take the Fundamentals Class at the William Ng School? H...
ink you know all there is about a technique or topic, there is always something to be gained from another perspective. A 5-day class at the William Ng School fits the bill quite nicely for an educational adventure. The William Ng School is located in Anaheim, Ca and features class projects that real...
This week, I will finally make good on a promise. That is, a promise to myself to focus more on my own woodworking education. I’m heading off to the William Ng School for a class with Darrell Peart. Many of you probably already noticed that I have a good amount of interest in Greene &...
Corey Eriksen is a woodworking instructor at Bishop Blanchet, a small Catholic high school in Seattle. He sent me a few pictures recently showing how his class not only made charity rocking horses, but went the extra mile to make sure they went to good homes. I asked Corey to send a few more pictur...
some of the best woodworking programming ever made! And now David travels around the world teaching woodworking, as well as teaching in his very own school in Santa Rosa California. David recently released his latest DVD, Bandsawn Veneers, which will show you how to dial-in your bandsaw for prec...
June 4th – June 8th I’ll be teaching an awesome class at the William Ng School in Anaheim, CA. We’ll be building the Greene & Green Adirondack chair featured in the Wood Whisperer Guild last summer. The class is great for beginners as well as experienced woodworkers who want ...
nized furniture maker in Sweden, he moved to Northern California in 1981, where he created and led the College of the Redwoods’ Fine Woodworking School. In his twenty years with the school he taught hundreds of eager students from around the world while continuing to build his own fine furnitu...