My best friend Bill is an annual attendee at Pennsic War, where he and about 10,000 other people camp out in tents and enjoy various forms of martial combat for glory and fun.  Having seen in person the bedroom set, the desk, and other...

I have about three projects in progress right now but none are ready to show yet, so I thought I’d show you something from my distant past. I designed and built this sofa table in 2002.    Its main purpose is to provide some storage...

The scrap wood cutting boards came out so nicely that I ended up giving them all away and had none for my own house.  Which is fine; they were a proof of concept, and they showed that yes, I could make a very nice and serviceable cutting...

My wife Julie’s birthday came recently, and I had an entire 8-foot piece of 4/4 cherry left over from the computer desk project.  I’d actually bought her a gift already, but there was an itch that needed to be scratched, and...

The shop is evolving as I get more active with my woodworking again.  Back in November I got rid of the tiny Tradesman drill press I’d had and replaced it with a Jet JDP-12.  The Jet is a pleasure to use, but of course it’s a...

Since getting my shop back in October I’ve built a bed, a night stand, a laptop desk, a closet system, and a full-sized computer desk.  I’ve always tended toward large projects, usually furniture pieces and the like....