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Yesterday Chris and I had a Q & A session about stick chairs, the Hall’s Croft chair, chair design and more. It was only towards the end of the evening portion of our chat, and after he had consumed two beers, that it was necessary to redact a line...

I have been fortunate enough to assemble and use an array of handplanes – Stanley Bailey bench, block, and specific use planes, oriental woodies of various sizes, Lee Valley Veritas bevel up and scraper planes, and some other assorted types. It...

The elaborate design on the crest rail of this turn-of-the-century oak rocker was pressed into the wood, not carved. In furniture making and design, it always seems preferable that flat, plain panels of unadorned wood be largely avoided wherever possible...