In this issue we complete the story of the Goddard Table, a Newport masterpiece recreated by Allan Breed, who shows us how the distinctive ball-and-claw feet are carved, complete with their undercut talons. W. Patrick Edwards also demonstrates two amazing French marquetry tools he uses both in his San Diego school and his own restoration shop: the picker and the chevalet. Back on the East Coast, Mario Rodriguez lets us in on one of his Windsor chair courses held at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking. Alan Lacer, past president of the American Association of Woodturners, provides in-depth information on tool preparation, as he takes us through the necessary steps of shaping and sharpening.
Also:
- Meet Kelly Mehler, who runs the Kelly Mehler School of Woodworking in Berea, Kentucky
- View two astonishing pieces by Santa Barbara designer and woodworker Paul Schurch, one of which was seven years in the making!
- Watch noted chairmaker Brian Boggs show how to prepare the perfect dowel joints upon which many of his exquisitely accurate rockers and ladderbacks are dependent.
