January 28, 2021
Not long after I posted my column last week, I heard from my new friend Glenn Bartley, who assured me he had enough photos of his side table build to document the project for our magazine. In my column I mentioned how images are so important to a woodworking magazine like CW&HI. Dark, out-of-focus photos that don’t clearly show a step to our readers are of no help to anyone, and are enough to make even the most hardened editor tear up. Glenn has travelled the world photographing birds, so I’m sure his skills are more than up to capturing images of raw wood being turned into a piece of furniture.
January 21, 2021
I enjoy my job. Editing a magazine can mean different things for different publications, but my job essentially involves deciding who will write an article, planning when those articles will run, and then ensuring each article is complete, makes sense, involves safe practices and has the proper photography and illustrations to run with it. From time to time I also source tools or machinery that appear in the articles, whether for individual tool reviews or tool comparison articles.
January 15, 2021
Rather than spend our hard-earned money, I thought this year some Christmas gifts would be best made by hand. My kids’ hands, more accurately. Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a gift made by a child.
January 8, 2021
Let’s start this year off a bit differently, as the last one didn’t work out quite how we were all hoping! Here we are at the beginning of a new year, and the beginning of this brand-new column I’ll be sharing with you each week. There have been a lot of little woodworking and home improvement topics I’ve never been able to write about, as there was never enough space in the magazine for them.
December 24, 2020
Wood artist and carpenter Elynyd Benjamin from Nelson, BC, ruminates on glue-ups, mistakes and being a morning person.
October 27, 2020
Furniture maker and woodturner Wyatt Walkem on sanding all night, travelling and trying to turn stones.
September 2, 2020
Furniture maker Andres Schneiter from Maple Ridge, BC on his jigs, computers and working 16-hour days.
May 24, 2020
Port Perry, Ontario furniture maker Jason Wheeler on being creative, LEGO and being in the shop solo.
April 1, 2020
Some tools do a lot, and we all know it. Others do a lot, but I sometimes get the sense that some woodworkers don't know it. Here’s a list of what one woodworker thinks many other woodworkers could benefit from having in their workshop.
March 24, 2020
Furniture maker Kenton Jeske on enjoying other people's work, quitting your day job and why design trumps material.
February 1, 2020
We all strive to make working wood as safe as possible, but we can never truly make it safe. All machines and tools should be respected, but be extra careful around these ten.
January 8, 2020
Bruce Stuart on canoeing, losing track of time and the importance of straight grain wood.
