Category Archives: designing moldings

Free layout tool at WIA

Posted on October 15, 2013 by walkerg

Stop by the SAPFM booth right by Mike Siemsen’s Hand tool Olympics and pick up this nifty sector. It’s perfect for resizing a molding profile to suit your next project. There is  a catch. You have to build it on … Continue reading →

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Designer’s Alphabet

Posted on July 10, 2012 by walkerg

Starting this month I’ll be posting a little feature I call the Designer’s Alphabet. A collection of design related trivia with bits of architecture, tools, wood, designers, and obscure facts about furniture design you can wow your spouse with.   I … Continue reading →

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Treasures in the attic

Posted on February 17, 2010 by walkerg

Last summer while filming Unlocking the Secrets of Traditional Design: Moldings, our little crew from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks had a unique opportunity to explore the attic in a historic building. Curator Jay Robbins took us up to the fourth floor attic … Continue reading →

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Sizing a crown on tall case clocks

Posted on February 15, 2010 by walkerg

 I didn’t list this in my earlier post on Murphy’s laws of woodworking but I’ve found this to be true. It’s nearly impossible to build just one tall case clock. You start out with the intention of building one for … Continue reading →

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The right hat

Posted on February 8, 2010 by walkerg

My first job after high school was as far away as I could get from where I grew up in Ohio. In June of 1975 I found myself on a cattle ranch in Western Montana. My older brother was my … Continue reading →

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Borders

Posted on January 27, 2010 by walkerg

Back in the pre-911 days I took a backpacking trip in Glacier Park with my brother and his wife. We spent four blissful days hiking from the west edge of the park up over Boulder Pass and came out at … Continue reading →

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Fitting small beads

Posted on January 20, 2010 by walkerg

Unless you have a strong stomach, you never want to get a group of bikers talking about bike wrecks or woodworkers talking about accidents with power tools. I have to admit, the older I get the more squeamish I am … Continue reading →

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