Showing posts with label tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tools. Show all posts
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Shop Tour!

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Ring the Bell The front door at my business used to have a stained glass transom window above it.  It was lovely, as it faced West and t...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Cross Grain Molding

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A Good Day's Work ©Antique Refinishers, Inc. When I was a young cabinetmaker, I did not have a lot of money.  Actually, I still do...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Graham Blackburn Videos

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I remember when MTV first appeared and for the first time we could watch music videos on our TV.  Then YouTube was developed and we could wa...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Simple Things: Glue Blocks

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Making Glue Blocks One of the constant pleasures of restoring period furniture on a daily basis is learning from the "old guys...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

WoodTreks Videos

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Keith Cruickshank is a very cool guy.  I met him some years ago at an event where us old guys were standing around talking about woodworking...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The History of the Chevalet de Marqueterie

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When I started restoring marquetry on antique furniture in 1969, I looked at Diderot and Roubo for information on what kind of tool the Fr...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

A Tool You Don't See Everyday

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If you have spent the time to read my early posts on this blog, you know that I first got interested in antique restoration by visiting an 8...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Where's My Government Bailout?

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I build and sell Chevalets.  I am no different than General Motors.  Well, there is a slight difference of scale, but a Chevalet is still a ...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Chevalet Anatomy Lesson

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I am encouraged that more and more American woodworkers are interested in a weird, highly specialized veneer cutting tool that the French de...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Chevalet Mechanic Tips

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I love fast cars and I love fast chevalets. I am fortunate to own a fast car and I am also fortunate to have a stable of chevalets. T...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

I Am Not a Carver...But I Play One in Real Life.

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If you have seen any of my work, you will notice that the primary decoration is flat surface veneers, and that there is an obvious lack ...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

ADA Chevalet

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One of the highlights of my various trips to Paris to study with Dr. Pierre Ramond at ecole Boulle occurred in the spring of 1996. I had ...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

7 Billion People and 2 New Toothing Planes

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The birth of the unknown child yesterday which pushed the world's population above 7 billion made all the news. When I was born there...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

The Picking Machine

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The history of French inventions is full of objects which Americans believe were invented here. Unfortunately for our culture, Amer...
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