Why Paint a Windsor Chair?

Rocker Blades: Quarter Sawn or Flat Sawn?

Drawknife vs. Spokeshave

Wood Bending (Should You Over-Bend?)

Back Saw and Coping Saw Technique

Transferable Skills vs Dead End Skills

How to Avoid Spokeshave Chatter

Beauty vs The Sterility of Perfection

Mortising Chisel Modification

Skew Chisel 101 (Planing Cuts)

Spindle Turning 101: Reducing Vibration

Wood Turning 101: Using a Homemade Tool Rest

Wood Turning 101: Stock Selection, Lathe Prep, and Safety

Carving a Wooden Bird: Opening Up the Feathers

Carving a Wooden Bird: Splitting the Feathers Out

Carving a Wooden Bird: Cutting the Groove for the Body

Making the Tapered Handle

Fine Tuning a Reamer

Making a Reamer: Boring for the Handle

Turing the Body of the Reamer

Making a Reamer Blade: the Bevel

Reamers for Chairmaking (Choosing a Taper)

Sloyd Knife Work: The Chicken Wing Grasp

Sloyd Knife Work (Shaping the Back of the Spoon)

Hook Knives 101 (with Peter Follansbee)

Axe Technique and Sharpening (with Peter Follansbee)

Spoon Carving: Notching Out For The Shoulders

Spoon Carving: Start With Some Wood

Milk Paint: Powdered vs. premixed

Linseed Oil, Shellac, and Tung Oil