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The Rainbow Room in New York is one of the commercial interiors for which Heitink has furnished custom-veneered panels. (Photo from Heitink website) My favorite instructor, Mr. Williams, always said Anyone can do something right. The real skill is knowing how to fix things that go wrong. Maddeningly, there will always be things that go…

Mar 28 Special Metal Spotlight: Niobium This is the first post in a new series that shares background knowledge and interesting revelations about some of the special metals in our precision strip, wire, and foil products. Niobium is named for Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus, a Greek god. It has been confused with tantalum, named…

David Savage delivered a fire-and-brimstone lecture to the students in his Rowden workshop on the business of the craft during tea one morning and then left the bench room with a flourish. One of the students turned to me and asked: “Are all British craftsmen this eccentric?” I didn’t know how to reply at first….

WAIT, FROM THE LUMBERYARD?You can build a stick chair with almost any wood. Yes, you can rive it from green wood. But you can also buy it at the lumberyard and get parts that are plenty strong enough. Editor’s note: What follows is a short excerpt from “The Stick Chair Book,” which is scheduled to…

In our research we study a lot of Biblical images for their woodworking content – thank the someone that Jesus was a carpenter. My favorite Biblical image is one that Jeff Burks sneaked into a working folder of images from the Middle Ages. When I saw it I almost sprayed a beverage out my nose….

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