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Never-Ending Debates

by Rob Carver

Debates are rampant in woodworking.  You know, they are the age old issues of pins first vs. tails first, hand tools vs. power tools, and so on.  These issues are first-world preferences.  Rob puts his stamp on this topic.  He's not here to make a choice.  He's here to get some work done.  Read some wisdom from Rob's shop with Never-Ending Debates.

You can reach Rob by clicking Rob Carver.

Screw Tech

by Andrew Davis

Let me get this information right out there.  Andrew's use of the word screw in the title is not a verb.

I thought Andrews's epic October 2024 article called Butting Heads Over Screws (this can be found in the Resource archive on the website), was the piece de resistance for details about screws for woodworkers.  But Andrew, ever the screwologist, presents a follow-up with more specifications on screw thread, type, point, and composition.  You will have to pull out your copy of Butting Heads Over Screws and append this article to it for a more complete treatise.  Read Screw Tech.and you will understand. 

Andrew welcomes your feedback.

by Dave McCormick

Dave McCormick has graced the Featured Piece column once again. I choose my words carefully, because grace is the operative word.  Dave and woodworker extraordinaire Phil Lowe had developed a wonderful relationship prior to Phil's death three years ago. Dave was inspired by Phil's classical woodworking techniques, took classes by him, worked on projects in Phil's workshop, and befriended his woodworking idol.

Dave's article chronicles a time when he was developing his skill set by taking an early course at Phil's Furniture Institute of Massachusetts in Beverly.  We know from furniture pieces that Dave has built, a woodworking challenge is no stranger to him.  While completing required activities of the curriculum, such as making a simple table, Dave saw a piece he could not deny himself. Take advantage of reading Dave's story called Serpentine Tables for a wonderful, graceful treat

You can contact here Dave McCormick. 

Work Shirt and Hat.

A new Layer has been added to the Member Map. 116 of 117 members are included in this new layer.

I also edited the homepage to reflect the map update.

In order to make the data export used to update the map cleaner and easier I made several data clean-up corrections. For example. I standardized the phone number fields to ###-###-###. I also corrected any State field to be 2 letter capitalized abbreviations.

After export there were 4 records that could not be mapped. I was able to fix three but on record does not have an address at all.

Woodworking Tip for January 2025 -- DIY Knobs

Traditional Woodworking in the Modern Era

Dan Faia

December 14, 2024

The Shave Horse Project began in September, 2024 and completed it in November, 2024.  Twelve participants made their own shave horse.

Added links to update the Woodworking Tip of the Month archive as of January 2025