“I was talking with Dave Sawyer last week and I asked him if you could go work with him. He said ‘yes.’” I was standing in Curtis Buchanan’s garden, helping him pick vegetables. I had been apprenticing with Curtis for…
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Rare Treadle Lathes for Sale
My blacksmith friend Peter Ross called last week. “I bought a couple lathes in an auction. Could you help me move them this afternoon?” This can be a fearsome request, for Peter has a habit of buying machinist lathes weighing…
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Chairs for Sale (At a Discount)
I’ve never offered chairs for sale at a discount, but I find myself drowning in chairs. Many were built in classes, both online and in-person, while others I made by accident. I am offering a discount on them for the…
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French Spoons with Jane Mickelborough
“What did you do during the pandemic, ” friends will soon be asking. Now you can have a good answer: “I made a set of French eating spoons for our dining table.” Boy, will they be impressed. First we’ll learn…
Posted in Classes Tagged with: chip carving, eating spoons, french spoons, green woodworking, hand tool woodworking, inlay, jane mickelborough, online classes, spoon carving, wax
Velda’s Chair Class with Curtis Buchanan
I first made one of Curtis Buchanan’s Velda’s Chairs about six or eight years ago when a neighbor came by my shop and ordered two bar stools and a settee in Velda’s style. They wanted the chairs unpainted,…
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