A Personal Touch in Warren
It could be a cabinet or a closet, a door or a table, or any other such wooden amenity for the homestead. Whatever it is, Alfred Brown wants his employees to know that the product, crafted in his Warren workshop, is made for a person, a neighbor, a family that will every day utilize it.
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7 steps to squaring lumber from rough to S4S
Students gain valuable experiences from summer enrichment program
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Behind the scenes with ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park’
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman visited Thomas Edison National Historic Park and got a close-up look at the great inventor’s labs, manufacturing facilities and his house.
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Lowell man’s creations spark joy for wheelchair-bound kids in Iraq
LOWELL — Barry Lavoie’s woodworking grew quickly from hobby to small local business. But his all-natural wood puzzles are bringing smiles halfway around the world. The Lowell resident discovered that recently, when pictures posted on his Facebook account showed children in Iraq playing with his work.
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Product with more than 1,800 drawings, graphics and photos from this authoritative guide covers the entire
art and woodworking. Designed to instruct and inspire every woodworker from beginner to expert, it has become a classic. It includes a discussion of all the tall trees and broadleaf evergreens to choose and how to use hand tools, detailed information on all the techniques of woodworking – assembling, gluing, mounting, laminating and more. . . . Read more>>
Part 1 of 3 – John W. Nixon from Eagle Lake Woodworking demonstrates how to build a classic oak blanket chest. Some of the notable features include – Dovetailed Construction, Exposed Spline Joints, An Arts and Crafts inspired style, and replica hand-hammered hardware. The 23 minutes video covers: * Gluing up wide panels. * Making a dovetailed box. * Pattern routing. * Spline joints. * Shop-made laminate press. * Installing hardware – hinges, lid support, & lockset. * 3 step finish process using dye, stain and polyurethane. Visit www.eagleLakeWoodworking.com to see the rest of the videos in this series, as well as videos on other woodworking topics. Eagle Lake Woodworking is the home of the world’s first foot-activated motorized router lift that makes router table mortising quick and easy.
EEOC files suit against Richardson Industries
Richardson Industries Inc., a Sheboygan Falls woodworking company, violated federal law by firing a female employee after receiving a report that one of its supervisors had sexually harassed her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed Friday.
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Last summer, on our Gadget Station delivery trip, we decided to stop and visit the one and only David Marks. If you’re not familiar with David, he is an incredible woodworker, and used to host a show on HGTV and the DIY Network called Woodworks. But the show has been over for nearly 5 years and David has moved on to bigger and better things. While we were there, he was kind enough to give us a nice shop tour. This is pure gold for any big Woodworks fans out there! Check out all of our videos at thewoodwhisperer.com