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Just an Update
Hey folks. Just a quick update to let you know what’s going on. Since my classes at William Ng, I have yet to get my crap in order. We had a last-minute trip to OH last week and now my computer is in the “shop”. I am way behind on posts [...]
Check it out!Winner of the Super FMT
The winner of the new Super FMT is Izzy! The choice was random, but here’s why Izzy said he works with wood:
Wood it can last for generations. It tells a person a lot about me. It reminds me about life and the things I hold dear enjoy doing the most. (Camping in the woods, [...]
Check it out!New DVD – Wood Whisperer Guild Best of 2009
If you aren’t familiar, The Wood Whisperer Guild is the premium membership section of our site. And with over 500 active members, we are continually surprised at the popularity of the program. But despite this success, I realize that many folks either don’t have the means to pay for a membership, or simply [...]
Check it out!Project Posts – Opinions?
As you folks know, I like to post Viewer Projects on our site for everyone to see. I hope that the pictures inspire not only you the reader, but also the person who made the project. And till now, I have never filtered these projects in any way. I simply take them [...]
Check it out!Words and Nerds
I have a couple of off-topic things to bring your attention to today. First, is a new website created by some good friends of ours, Matt and Laurie. These guys are practically family and, in fact, Matt is the original creator of the Wood Whisperer “Shhhh” logo. So there’s some trivia for [...]
Check it out!Teaching Classes at the William Ng School
I’ll be teaching a few classes at the William Ng School.
Check it out!January Giveaway – Leigh Super FMT
What you can win this month:
The Leigh Super FMT With the Super FMT and a plunge router, every woodworker can easily produce perfect mortise and tenon joints with unmatched accuracy and speed. The Super FMT’s design is based on the original and incomparable FMT. The same great features produce the same great joints. Learn [...]
December Giveaway Winners
The Router Bit of the Month (sponsored by Eagle America)
Eagle America 5-Piece Plywood Dado Set (#100-0255). Frustrated using plywood that is not as thick as advertised? Every woodworker has had this problem and that’s why we designed a line of undersized plywood bits to match these dimensions with down shear angles to prevent tear [...]
Merry Christmas!
A very Merry Christmas from the Wood Whisperer Team! As you can see in the picture, my dream of playing the slightly disinterested/confused grandmother in a family photo has finally come true! Santa really does grant wishes!
Check it out!You Can Now Subscribe to Comments
After a little prodding from one of our readers, Frank, I decided to install a few plugins that will allow you to receive email notifications whenever a new comment is posted on the site. Obviously, it can be annoying to keep checking back every few hours to see if a new comment was added, [...]
Check it out!LumberJocks Winter 2010 Awards
Its that time of year again. Time to put on your winter coat (or in my case, a light hooded sweatshirt), and brave the cold of the shop to build something awesome for the LumberJocks Winter Awards. This year, the theme is Yin Yang. The challenge is to utilize two contrasting light [...]
Check it out!A Guild Chat with David Marks
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One of the great features of a Guild membership is having access to live interactive interviews with notable woodworkers and professionals in the industry. On December 7th, we had a chance to speak with David J. Marks. David Marks is an accomplished designer, furniture-maker, turner, and artist. He was the star of [...]
December Giveaways
What you can win this month:
The Router Bit of the Month (sponsored by Eagle America)
Eagle America’s 5-Piece Plywood Dado Set (#100-0255). Frustrated using plywood that is not as thick as advertised? Every woodworker has had this problem and that’s why we designed a line of undersized plywood bits to match these dimensions with down [...]
David Marks Interactive Guild Interview
One of the great features of a Guild membership is having access to live interviews with industry professionals and notable woodworking personalities. We have already interviewed folks like Kelly Mehler, Darrell Peart, Charles Neil, and Adam King. Well now we are proud to annouce that on Monday, Dec. 7th we’ll be chatting with [...]
Check it out!November Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to all our winners and a big thank you to our giveaway sponsors!
Eagle America Router Bit of the Month – Gary Phillips
Fine Woodworking Archive Collection – Kosta Viennas
Hendrik Varju’s DVD “Working with Plywood” – Don W
November Giveaway
What you can win this month:
The Router Bit of the Month (sponsored by Eagle America)
STILE AND RAIL SET – YOUR CHOICE!
Winner can choose any (1) Eagle America 2-Piece Matched Stile & Rail Set profile as seen here. Could be worth up to $139.95!
“Working With Plywood” DVD by Hendrik Varju
This 5 DVD set is essentially [...]
Thanksgiving Sale Nov. 26th to Nov. 29th!!
Its our biggest sale of the year! We’re really sticking our necks out with this one! Get it?? Everything in the Wood Whisperer Store is going to be 25% OFF on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday! The sale will continue through the weekend with a savings of 15%. So it [...]
Check it out!Woodworking Later? No! Woodworking NOW!
Christopher Schwarz, aka “The Schwarz”, just announced a sweet new feature over at PopularWoodworking.com. Its called Woodworking Now. Its a huge collection of hand-picked articles from Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine from the last 10 years. You can browse the collection by topic or project, or even use the search to find the [...]
Check it out!Growing Pains
No, not THAT Growing Pains! I’m talking about our website! Many of you probably noticed the outage yesterday. As it turns out, our traffic is proving to be too much for our shared server. Between all the new visitors and the Guild, things are growing far beyond our expectations. So [...]
Check it out!New Wood Whisperer Shirts
The new shirts are in! We are now carrying two new “shop-friendly” colors: Sports Grey and Chestnut Brown. The shirts also feature the new (slightly modified) Wood Whisperer logo. Get ‘em while they’re hot!!
Check it out!A Special Day
Some of you may not realize that TheWoodWhisperer.com is actually just a blog. And as such, I reserve the right to post completely off-topic content such as this. Today is mine and Nicole’s 6th wedding anniversary. I know it seems like all we are doing lately is celebrating anniversaries! Unfortunately, Nicole [...]
Check it out!Goodbye to the New Yankee Workshop
Well, I suppose it had to happen eventually. I just received word from various sources, including Popular Woodworking and Wood Magazine, that Norm is retiring from the New Yankee Workshop. Say it isn’t so Norm!!!
Regardless of how you feel about his work methods and tool choices, you can’t deny the influence he has [...]
Woodpeckers Rant
Normally I don’t get involved in other people’s business, but today I’m feeling a little sassy. Yeah that’s right….sassy. I recently received my periodic E-Club newsletter from Woodpeckers. In addition to the great deals within, this particular newsletter contained a few light-hearted tool definitions and I was delighted to see them. [...]
Check it out!To Build or To Buy??
This is a question I ponder all the time. How do you know when you should take a project on yourself, or when you should raise the white flag and just purchase the item from a store? Judging from the many emails I receive asking this exact question, I know I’m not alone. [...]
Check it out!Welcoming Rockler to the Family
I would like to give a warm welcome to a new sponsor: Rockler Woodworking & Hardware.
If you aren’t familiar with Rockler, they are one of the most well-known woodworking retailers in the industry. It wasn’t long after I started woodworking that I discovered my local Rockler stores. I lived in Temecula, CA [...]
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