While working on a 19th Century bar back chair at West Dean, we uncovered an unusual piece of metal embedded in the centre of the chair leg.

I think we have a problem amongst designer makers and woodworkers when it comes to finishing. The problem is that we don't really know...

In November 2019 I began work began on a 19th century mahogany bar back chair with a broken front leg. The leg had previously been...

Andy and I have started making japanese stab binding notebooks at home on our off days. Well, I have only made one so far, but we are wor...

Check out this short clip on replicating the Worsfold Transporter for ‘Aussie Inventions that Changed the World’. This was a transporter ...

While working on this small export lacquer box earlier this year, one of the major questions was what to do about the coating in the futu...

While studying carpentry at Suikoushya International Craft School, Sensei Takami Kawai repeatedly mentioned the importance of the referen...

This is a modified excerpt from an essay produced while at West Dean College, ‘Understanding and Treating Adhesive Failure in a 19th Cent...

We have two long case clocks in the workshop here at the moment. The one on my bench is an oak bodied piece standing nearly 3 meters tall...

I may no longer manage a well equipped workshop, but I haven’t stopped wanting to be able to make furniture. After finishing up my tenure...

I wanted to quickly mention the other lashed mortise and tenon joint depicted in my previous post. This one is a lot simpler, but also re...

Unlike the joinery of a standard table, the joinery in an old antarctic exhibition sled allows movement. This is one of the things I lear...

This was such a treasure when it came into our store. I can’t remember why the owners had to part with it, but they told us they believed...

I know I am going to get a lot of crap from some die hard hide glue only folks (I’m looking at you Joshua Klein), and I don’t necessarily...

Before I properly got into woodworking and furniture making, I worked in Boston at an event decor company which made and provided props f...

For over 4 years I worked with an environmental charity establishing a woodworking program to tackle furniture and demolition waste in th...