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Standfast Furniture and Design Traditional joinery, good design, bespoke craftsmanship. Good work matters.

Check out these sliding "barn" doors! I didn't design or install them, but I did make them. I spend a good chunk of the ...
05/20/2026

Check out these sliding "barn" doors! I didn't design or install them, but I did make them. I spend a good chunk of the week working at Creekside Cabinets in Macedon, where I made these.

Dining chair. White ash, white linseed oil wax.
04/27/2026

Dining chair. White ash, white linseed oil wax.

Here's a picture of those doors I was working on.
04/25/2026

Here's a picture of those doors I was working on.

I've cut glass bead for years using a miter saw. It's never a particularly satisfying process, no matter what you're usi...
04/15/2026

I've cut glass bead for years using a miter saw. It's never a particularly satisfying process, no matter what you're using for a miter saw. I've used older and newer Omgas, I've used DeWalts. My Morso miter chopper makes this a fast, repeatable, and (importantly) enjoyable process. Oh, and I bought a fancier glass cutter to replace my Fletcher glass cutter, more on that in another post.

As an add on to the Dictionary of Tools post, Charles Hayward did a good number of the tool illustrations for it, which ...
04/13/2026

As an add on to the Dictionary of Tools post, Charles Hayward did a good number of the tool illustrations for it, which I thought was a treat to discover. Charles Hayward, perhaps known best for his work as editor of "The Woodworker" magazine. Other illustrations were by Jack Laird, whom I don't know and should probably go looking to find out.

This showed up today, and what a delight it is to look through.
04/11/2026

This showed up today, and what a delight it is to look through.

Muntins.
04/10/2026

Muntins.

This is a Stanley no. 6 plane, sometimes referred to as a fore plane or try plane.The conversation around what plane beg...
02/03/2026

This is a Stanley no. 6 plane, sometimes referred to as a fore plane or try plane.The conversation around what plane beginners to woodworking should buy has been talked about ad nauseum. My first plane was a Veritas low angle jack plane, perfectly fine plane but it lacks a chip breaker. Why bother even talk about it, then? This no. 6 is the plane I pick up to do most general tasks in the shop. I recently was reading Cricket tables by and he talks about using this plane as his "jointer." Alan Peters talked about using a no. 7 for most tasks. Most of the planes people talk about are 4's or 5's, but for my bench work it's this no. 6 or 4 1/2 smoothing plane... and if I need to do some quick rough work then I use a short wooden jack plane because if you need to take a deep cut it will still just glide over the surface.

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