Home Woodworking: Designing a Computer Desk
Are you planning to build a computer desk to trick out your home office? Good woodworking requires a good plan. Here are some tips for designing or adapting a desk plan to make sure it fits your needs.
Author Archives: Lucy LaForest
Woodturning - The Art of Beautiful Wood
Woodturning is perhaps one of the most artistic of the wood crafting family of skills. That's not to say that traditional woodworking; or certainly wood carving is not artistic. They can, in fact, be very artistic. Look at the sculpted lines of a Sam Maloof chair, or the graceful style of a Craftsman table and wood carving is art by definition. What sets woodturning apart is the lathe
Woodworking at Home: Get a Plan!
: Do you like to build with wood? Do you find yourself lingering in the tool aisles, sighing at the site of fresh oak lumber? It takes more than just a thought or a picture in your head to create something memorable and satisfying. Without a plan, all that beautiful lumber will be nothing more than firewood. Good Woodworkers use plans. Here are my thoughts about using premade plans and suggestions