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I already reported this news on The Windsor Institute Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thewindsorinstitute. For those of you who do not use Facebook, or have not yet liked the page, this is the secret I promised to reveal two posts ago. I have completed the manuscript for a new and updated edition of Restoring, Tuning, and
Hi Everyone: I am so busy working on that January surprise that I have not had time to post. This job is taking so much time that I work on it after supper until I go to bed. Meanwhile, you can see some great stuff on The Institute’s Facebook page. We have a lot of fun
I have a surprise for you. I can’t give you the specifics yet, so you’ll have to settle for a hint. Remember several years ago I told you Make a Windsor Chair was coming back? Then, my young teen series of novels took over and delayed my plans. You will see another book by me
I love it when the UPS truck pulls into the parking lot. I never know what is arriving. Most often, the package is supplies I have ordered or someone’s tools for an upcoming class. Every now and then there is a surprise, sometimes a very pleasant surprise. That happened this week. The box wasn’t very
I ran into an unusual problem in the August rocking chair class. When the same thing happened again in the 2 Kids chair class last week I decided to write about it. The situation occurred while legging up. I’ll review that demo, which means that everyone who has taken a class with us is about to experience a flood
I had a most unusual experience yesterday. I repaired a chair I had made in 1975 while in my second year as chairmaker at Strawbery Banke museum in Portsmouth. The bow back side chair was one of a set purchased by a high school classmate and his wife. They were not long married at
The second book in the Castleton Series has launched and is available at this link from amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Crew-Book-Castleton/dp/1491069597/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375277369&sr=1-5&keywords=mike+dunbar The following appeared on a reviewer’s blog: http://anangellslife.blogspot.com/2013/07/lost-crew-book-2-in-castleton-series.html “So excited to announce that the second book in the Castleton Series by Mike Dunbar launches today. Book two is entitled The Lost Crew, and is an exciting read!
I recently told you about my least favorite activity – riving logs. With the change of season from spring to summer I am now doing what I like best. I am making the chairs for the Knights’ Privilege. You may not know what that is, so I’ll explain. We like to add a new
We had an interesting experience yesterday in the July 8 sack back class. It allowed me to experience something one cannot see. I describe to every visitor here the genius of Windsor joinery. I show them locking tapers. I frequently demonstrate them by lifting a work bench with a leg driven into a tapered