| | 03/19/2020 by Yoav Liberman | |  A typical NYC subway bench stained with a reddish varnish.
Benches are no doubt the most recognized and iconized among the furniture that dominate our public spaces. Their functional contribution and their aesthetic attribution to our culture, parks, streets and subway stations is seminal. Benches appear in movies, are mentioned in poetry and literature, and are depicted in both popular and...more.. | |
| 02/20/2020 by Yoav Liberman | |  Last fall I hung out with my friend - woodworker, writer, and educator Mario Rodriguez while he installed a wood rack system in the volunteer woodshop that he helps renovating. The shop is part of the Fellowship Community campus in Chestnut Ridge, New York.
Mario’s system of bracketed racks is very simple to build and install, and could conveniently support shelves or woodstock.
I wanted to...more.. | |
| 02/06/2020 by Yoav Liberman | |  Click for Part 1 of Carving A Live Edge Bowl
Click for Part 2 of Carving A Live Edge Bowl
One of the easiests ways to speed up the hollowing of a bowl is to use a drill. A wide drill held by hand or better off - revolving in a drill press - will hog out a lot of wood very quickly. We, of course have to control where and how deep to drill, making sure that the stepped drilling process...more.. | |
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| | | 08/30/2018 | |  Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing.
This week’s selections focus on Medieval carpentry techniques. Hand tools indeed!
Early Medieval Timber Work
Medieval Carpentry - Building Without Nails...more.. | |
| 08/23/2018 | |  Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing.
This week’s selections focus on the ornate and exquisite furniture made by David Roentgen (1743-1807) -- and its secret compartments and ingenious portability.
The Roentgens' Berlin...more.. | |
| 08/16/2018 | |  Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing.
This week’s selections focus traditional woodworking in Sweden - traditional axe making and the trifecta of clogs, spoons and chairs.
Traditional Swedish Woodworking: Clogs, Spoons and...more.. | |
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Greetings Workateers! Our fourth and final volume has come to a close and so has the Work Magazine...more.. | |
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The editions of Work mag we have here in the shop often have the ads removed but the last couple...more.. | |
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