Samuel Hunt – video profile
Penticton, British Columbia studio woodworker Samuel Hunt on historical design, accuracy and the importance of sourcing his own logs.
Rob Brown
Rob is the editor at Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement and a studio furniture maker.
Articles by Rob Brown
Festool hearing protection GHS 25 I
Protect your hearing while listening to important surrounding noises and connecting with tech devices.
Wera multicolour L-Key set – 9 pieces
So much more than just beautiful colours.
Two stylish salt cellars
Up your cooking game with a handmade salt cellar. Here are two designs to choose from.
Power carve a Ginkgo serving platter
Once you master the basic skills needed to power carve a ginkgo leaf, you’ll be able to transfer those skills to more power-carving projects like cabinets, boxes and other solid wood furniture.
Samuel Hunt
Penticton, British Columbia studio woodworker Samuel Hunt on historical design, accuracy and the importance of sourcing his own logs.
Dangerous woodworking videos?
Since I’ve been spending more time on Instagram lately, I’ve noticed that I’m wincing at a lot more videos than I had anticipated.
Halloween costumes: a gateway woodworking project
My son likes to spend time in the shop, but only if it doesn’t drag on for longer than an hour, maybe two.
Drawing blood
If you’re a woodworker or DIYer much of what you do involves cutting materials or putting holes in workpieces.
The Great Jere Osgood
The studio furniture making world lost a giant recently.
Why do you use social media?
Not to brag, but we at Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement have been on a bit of a social media tear lately.
Make integrated cabinet pulls
Metal pulls can be obtrusive and take away from an otherwise simple, sleek look. Integrated pulls allow you to keep the lines clean yet still open and close doors and drawers with ease.
Make a bistro table
The centre of a kitchen is the table. This bistro table provides your guests with a relaxed place to sit and chat while you do a bit of prep work in the kitchen.
Make a solid wood bird inlay
Solid wood inlay gives you a lot of flexibility to create a unique piece of furniture with a very strong focal point. It can be a small but powerful addition to your next project.
John Glendinning
Sutton, Quebec furniture maker John Glendinning on dovetails, design and his love of tools.
The basics can be tricky
I gave a one-on-one lesson to a beginner woodworker the other day.
Colour your world
Not long ago, when someone mentioned painting wood, everyone just about lost their minds.
How many trips to the hardware store is normal?
As some of you remember, I’ve been slowly but surely renovating our basement.
Meet John Glendinning
Today I just want to introduce you to a guy I met at the Interior Design Show in Toronto close to 20 years ago.
John Glendinning – video profile
Sutton, Quebec furniture maker John Glendinning on dovetails, design and his love of tools.
Exploding wood
Writing my column last week about ripping material reminded me of an incident when I was ripping some thin parts about 30 years ago.
Routing integral pulls
In this video Rob Brown shows how he made the pulls for his "Make Integrated Cabinet Pulls" in the October/November 2023 issue of our magazine.
1914 “woodworker” machine: A multi-talented monster
We here at Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement were sharing some old ads from Canadian Woodworker, a trade publication available over 100 years ago.
Nice and easy
Here, Rob is making one of the many cuts to size the decorative mouldings at the jobsite.
