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Spalting: Fungus of the month: Green-stain Chlorociboria
Learn about an easy to find green-stain fungus
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The Brese Small Smoother Kit - Final Build Session
2 commentsThis is the third and concluding build session of this small infill smoother.
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Bending Wood and Stretching Strings
1 commentHow a piano is made - from forest floor to shop floor.
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The Brese Small Smoother Kit: Session Two
For those interested, follow me through the second session of building Ron Brese’s Small Smoother kit.In Session 1 I had infilled the plane with a practice Jarrah infill. This was to work out...
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Make a Plane from a Kit: Brese Small Smoother - beginnings
2 commentsThis was the first session of building the small smoother kit from Ron Brese.
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Making a Wooden Hinge for a Box
11 commentsShaping a wooden hinge with hand- and power tools.
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Wood Shop Al Fresco
15 commentsThe joys (and constraints) of creating a work space on my back deck. It's the only space I have, but it's space nonetheless. Plus, find out how I chose a workbench design for working outdoors.
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Pecha Kucha Night - Portland
Do you live near Portland, Maine? Stop by the SPACE gallery for Pecha Kucha Night, where 10 presenters will offer 20 slides of their work and speak for 20 seconds about each one.
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Building a Sailboat Mast
Over the last two weekends, I helped my brother in law make a mast for his Barnegat Bay Sneakbox, a beautiful little wooden boat, built in 1922, in Barnegat, NJ. The original mast is in fine shape as...
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Week One: Building an Arts and Crafts Table
2 commentsA group of Taunton Press staffers build Kelly Dunton's Arts and Crafts Side Table from FWW #186--a step-by-step photo essay.
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spalting: The deeper meaning of zone lines
2 commentsDiscover the many types of zone lines, and what they mean when you see them on spalted wood.
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Coopering a box lid
11 commentsCoopering a lid without any jigs, using a combination of hand- and power tools
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Creativity Invite
Learn about an essential event sponsored by the Maine Center for Creativity.
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spalting: Health problems associated with spalted wood, and debunking myths
4 commentsLearn about safe handling, storage, machining and use of spalted wood.
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Press Coverage: A nicely written profile
Peter Turner is featured in the Maine Sunday Telegram.
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