Woodworking News

In our August 2013 issue , you'll find a William & Mary Spice Chest built by Michigan woodworking Zachary Dillinger .

Editor's note: As the Press-Register celebrates its 200th anniversary, the newspaper and AL.com are taking a decade-by-decade look at major events that shaped Mobile and Baldwin counties, the Gulf Coast and the nation during those years.

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Amish factory near Spencerville for a dozen child labor violations involving seven different children.

I've been a woodworker for a few decades now and read many a woodworking text and tome and have yet to read an article on how to sweep.

Although Steve Robinson graduated from the Vermont Woodworking School a year ago, his work was recently honored on the school's Wall of Fame.

Thanks to King Arthur's Tools, Mary Conlin is no stranger to woodworking. She's made free-form wooden bowls and even wooden spoons.

Years ago, I stumbled upon this woodworking jig. Years since, it still ranks high in usage when I'm working on a large number of dovetails .

The longest-serving firefighter in the history of Okolona is retiring next month to whittle away the time in his garage.

While I have used a lot of bowsaws in the last two decades, I've never made one.But during the last week, I've made five.

The mounds of wood shavings are building up beneath the shaving horse as I pull the blade rhythmically downwards, taking off generous slices of soft, golden timber.

Artists Quin Weber and Adam Dias are showing their work in June at the McLean Foundation, 1336 Main St., and will be on hand for Fortuna's First Friday tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. Aspiring singer/songwriter Layla Dias and her band will perform in the open air during the reception.

Michael Vogel went to school for architecture, but, like many, that's not where his career path would take him.

Here's a recent hand tool woodworking project that makes life in the shop much better and it's a pleasant way to spend an hour or two in the shop.

Alexandra Tatum has her heart set on the medical profession, but she was having a good time learning about graphic design Wednesday morning at the Washburn Institute of Technology's summer camp.

Growing up a preacher's kid in Tennessee, former Springfield resident Caleb Woodard, who has spent the past decade making a name for himself in the Washington D. C. area as a woodworking craftsman, is coming home.

My first trip to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts was for business. Robert W. Lang, the magazine's executive editor, and I traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., to research and select furniture projects for the book "Furniture in the Southern Style" . Upon our arrival, we did not head straight for the museum showrooms as you might expect.

As part of the Hidden City Festival this year, the John Grass Wood Turning Factory at 146 North 2nd Street offers visitors a look inside a workshop out of the past, preserved in its place in the middle of Old City.

Woodworking fundamentals are what we all have in common - beginner, intermediate or advanced.

I have always wanted a sturdy workbench but have got by for the last 30 years using a B&D workmate, so as I have recentlly retired decided to build one.

Which is why Reynolds, a committee member of the North Plains Historical Society, was inspired to put together the group's first art show.