Explorations of the Manor

Good working starts with good wood. In this article I discuss how to choose lumber and how to adapt your plans to work with what is locally available.

Are you planning to build a computer desk to trick out your home office? Good woodworking requires a good plan. Here are some tips for designing or adapting a desk plan to make sure it fits your needs.

In this article I discuss workshop dust collection. Dust and wood chips left lying around create a hazardous work environment. I tell you why it is unsafe and simple ways to take care of the problem.

many women shy away from woodworking is perhaps a bit of "tool phobia." It's understandable because so much of modern woodworking revolves around power tools and high speed spinning blades can be intimidating. This concern is not unique to women and can be easily overcome.

Woodturning is perhaps one of the most artistic of the wood crafting family of skills. That's not to say that traditional woodworking; or certainly wood carving is not artistic. They can, in fact, be very artistic. Look at the sculpted lines of a Sam Maloof chair, or the graceful style of a Craftsman table and wood carving is art by definition. What sets woodturning apart is the lathe