New
England School of Architectural Woodworking offers a nine-month
comprehensive training program preparing students to become
cabinetmakers and assists with employment. Focus is hands-on,
machine-oriented and safety-conscious craftsmanship. The school also
offers year-round continuing education in a variety of woodworking
courses and summer intensives.
Guy
Ulven has his new e-mail address now so we've put the page up
with information regarding his Home Made Dust Collection System. This is a
system you can build yourself with very little investment and Guy will
send you the plans!
Faithful
reader, A.J. Saunders, writes us about some interesting
technology useful for heating the heads of those of us who are getting
a
little thin up there! Read
what he has to say.
The
Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society has a new page with info..
Des
Moines Woodworkers Association serves
central Iowa woodworking enthusiasts of all skill levels. Meetings are
held on the 2nd Tue of each month at Drake University in Des Moines,
Iowa. They have grown to 110 members with 50-60 in attendance at each
meeting and are eager to continue the growth.
Pathways
is an international juried
exhibition of woodturning, featuring the works of over 40 artists from
20 states and 6 countries. The selected pieces were originally
displayed at the Cleveland State University Art Gallery (Ohio, USA)
from June 11th-30th, 1998. This exhibition includes entries in 10
different diverse categories and slides are available for viewing of
the entries from the show.
Click
here for a handy table of decimal equivalents, including
fractional, metric, wire and letter sizes. Note about printing
this file: be sure to check it first with the print preview
feature of your browser. If necessary, go to page setup and set the
left and right margins to 0 in order to fit the width of the document
on standard sheet of paper (the document is two pages long).
Click
here
for a chart which lists the pilot hole sizes for wood screws (no print
tricks necessary for this file). Print out a copy of each today right
from your browser and hang them in your shop for quick reference
guides!
Gary Straub, a frequent contributor to the
rec.woodworking newsgroup, has graciously provided some excellent "tips
& tidbits" that should be of interest to all woodworkers regardless
of their skill level. The first installment, General Woodworking Tips covers lots of time
saving pointers and tricks of the trade. The second features some well
written information about woodworking Machines . The third is
all about Hand Tools. And lastly,
Gary's article on Finishing. Thanks Gary!
Profiles
on Woodworkers:
The latest in this series of features on woodworkers who
are known on the internet (and even some who aren't), comes to us from Gary Straub, who, you will recall has
provided us with his excellent "tips & tidbits"
articles. Get to know Gary and look at images of some of his
extraordinary work!
Thomas Riley has written a short article
about his woodworking which features some info on his woodworking ftp
site.
The
Woodworker Academy, of Alameda, CA -
across the bay from San Francisco - has been providing woodworking
instruction classes for the past two and a half years. Their main goal
is to offer adult woodworkers of all skill levels a stimulating and
challenging environment to improve their skills in a safe and efficient
manor. They offer one to five day classes in all aspects of
woodworking.
The California
Redwood Association (CRA) is the trade
association for redwood lumber producers. The member mills of the CRA
produce quality products and are dedicated to responsible stewardship
of their private redwood forests. Individually and through the
Association, these companies are working to make sure that there will
be a continuous supply of redwood products from their mills.
The
Center For Furniture Craftsmanship
offers courses in furniture making and design on the Maine coast. Our
year-round programming includes 23 one-week and two-week hands-on
workshops throughout the summer and fall. From November through May we
hold Twelve-Week Intensives.
International
Wood
Collectors Society (IWCS) now has their own official Web site
which has describes their organization, newsletter, and provides dates
for
upcoming events.
Wisconsin
Woodworkers Guild is a 250 member organization based in the
Milwaukee area. The site gives a detailed listing of the programs by
month for 1997. In addition, the latest newsletter is posted together
with membership information. In the near future we will be offering
pictures of member projects and work shops.
Woodshop
News is now featuring a Calendar of
Events on their web page. This calendar features hundreds of
entries for classes, seminars, shows, etc. for hobbyist and
professional woodworkers and is much more comprehensive than the one
they publish in each monthly edition of Woodshop News.
Steve
Johnson has a new page focusing on Ornamental Turning
and Antique Tools that has a
lot of interesting information.
Russell
J. Allen has provided Internet Woodworking a copy of the patent information he scanned from the
Gristmill. It lists the first patent number assigned for each year from
1836-1995. This could prove to be useful for anyone trying to date a
tool, etc. Thanks Russell!
Hometime,
the popular do-it-yourself (if
you've got the bucks!) show now has a homepage that features a Project Center with lots of detailed "do-it"
steps for various projects, including some finishing techniques which
might be of interest to the woodworker. They also have a handy database
of manufacturers for tools and materials.
J.
Geary Morton, producer of The Woodwright's Shop,
has been gracious enough to allow us to reprint the Woodwright's Shop FAQ which he posted on
rec.ww recently. If you are a fan of Roy Underhill, you
will surely enjoy this! And if that isn't enough Roy for
you, you can check out the UNC's official Woodwright
WebSite
Liberon
/ star Wood Finish Supply Has an
enormous article on
COLOR THEORY and Mixing Stains or Dyes for the
Woodworker & Furniture Finisher that you won't want to miss!
Geoff Mason has
provided his Saw Sharpening Instructions article that was
originally a 2 part series posted on rec.woodworking.
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