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This month Steve McKenna provides another astonishing and creative piece as the featured piece.  An oak burl built into the desk frame is the obvious eye-catching component of this piece.  Follow Steve's brief description of the two pieces in the article.  

To send your comments and questions, click Steve McKenna.

This is the last Featured Piece of the Month article this season.  With your help and contributions the series will resume in September.  You will be able to find this and previous season's articles from the website's Resources > Featured Pieces of the Month Articles section.

Click my email address to send your draft anytime and I'll begin to schedule their publication.  I can assist your organizing, formatting, and picture insertions so don't let those issues stop you from documenting your projects and revealing your work.  Content can be as detailed (or not) as you like.

Remember this column is not necessarily dedicated to furniture pieces.  Tools, jigs, and other related themes are also relevant.

Don Michael, our friend, colleague, and multifaceted guild volunteer died last September.  You may also know our friend and self-titled Perpetual Novice had a reputation for taking on challenging woodworking projects, but after feeling satisfied with the learning process sometimes left them incomplete.  He would move on to other woodworking challenges.

As you might extrapolate, this pattern left several projects in his workshop in parts.  A group of EMGW woodworkers knowing this, offered to complete the projects for Cathy, Don’s wife.  Cathy was taken with the idea.  Over the past few months, these woodworkers individually planned with Cathy COVID-compliantly to move the projects to their own workshops, complete the projects, and return them.  Cathy decided that four projects had special value.  The four pieces are listed below along with the woodworker who completed the job.

Don knew all these woodworkers well.  I’m sure that he would be proud and grateful to them for transitioning the projects to their extraordinary completeness for Cathy.  Much like what Don offered to the guild, it is teamwork.  It’s a beautiful statement and testament to all involved.  Enjoy reading the process each woodworker took by clicking their link below.

Don Michael's Low Boy Table by Jeff Clunie

Don Michael's Grandfather Clock by Jim Russell

Don Michael's Eli Terry Clock by Jim Tartaglia

Don Michael's Federal Secretary by Ken Zoller

To send your comments and questions to click Jeff, Jim R., Jim T., or Ken