I recently acquired a new shaving tool made by Allan Williams. The idea was born out of constantly reaching for my travisher (made by Claire Minihan, a marvelous tool by the way) to remove a good bit of material when shaping spindles, crinoline rails, and the convex surfaces of seats. …
By day I’m the ‘senior engineer’ for a luxury residential construction company’s millwork department in the Austin Texas area . AutoCAD, Rhino, and Excel are the primary programs I utilize in my work there, and if you’ve never discovered the massive benefit gained by using keyboard shortcuts to enter commands …
Dry fitting components is always for me an exciting point on the way to completing a chair. I can sit in it, and get the first indications to whether it might work as well as I hoped. These two have been particularly fun since one, which I’m calling Diner B, …
