Watch your fingers.
A lifelong love affair with wood started with a simple tool. My first pocket knife, I must have been 5 maybe 6 years old, and ... Read more
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Written by: D Webb
Published on: January 17, 2025
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How I got a dusty thumb.
These days when my work finds me behind a computer and not in a wood shop, I like to say I have a dusty thumb. ... Read more
Written by: D Webb
Published on: January 17, 2025
Thursdays is for Jazz.
My father’s wood shop wasn’t just for learning all things wood, there was culture too. Every Thursday, all of the public radio stations we could ... Read more
Written by: D Webb
Published on: January 17, 2025
Hey tiger… grain. Yer lookin’ good.
Mission furniture uses white oak that is cut a particular way. It’s called quarter sawn. This particular sawing method, reveals a different grain in the ... Read more
Written by: D Webb
Published on: January 17, 2025
What is a mortise & tenon joint?
The two part joint, mortise or whole and tenon or protrusion, is the very definition a peg and hole. The best expression of this is ... Read more
Written by: D Webb
Published on: January 17, 2025