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chimney cupboard

Jun 11, 2009
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Hello, this is my first piece of furniture. it's a small cupboard that I designed to be used as a jewish "aaron hakodes", or "holy ark". this is a cabinet -usually placed in a sinagogue- in which we...

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Re: How to build a table, in 60 seconds

has any of you see this video?:
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/klausz/
this is a true, amazing video of master furniture maker Frank Krausz hand fit 2 boards with divetail joints. that he does in less than 3 minutes.
The first time I've seen that video, I was tremendously inspired, and despite being but a short web clip it talked decades of hard work, dedication and love for his craft, crammed in 3 minutes.

when I open the email, and I see a stop watch stopped on "00:60" , and I read "Watch a gifted furniture maker crank out a beautiful table in only 60 seconds." I was mistakenly led to believe that I was going to see someone like Christian Becksvoort, or Garrett Hack pull an amazing feat.
what a let down! yes, dave moore is cool, he seems to be a kid with skills, but the misleading title ruined it for me!

it's nothing to do with the video, it's the poor choice of words. and the fact that almost every woodworker that posted a comment feels the same way should tell you something...

posted: 11:47 am on September 30th