Welcome back to the splitting party that you are vicariously attending. I appreciate the company. Splitting all those logs by myself is lonely work and it’s nice to have someone to talk with. I returned to the job this morning and managed to accomplish my stated goal. All the three-footer and two-footer oak bolts are
What if a chairmaker held a splitting party and no one came? You guessed it. The chairmaker would have to do the work all by himself. That’s my situation. As I do every springtime of every year, last month I went to the logyard and selected my logs. Then, I had the driver deliver them to
You can listen to me talk about the Castleton Series in an interview at this link. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/angelsandwarriors/2013/05/09/time-travel-with-mike-dunbar We have added an additional sack back class October 21.
The first book in my teenage adveture series The Hampton Summit has been launched. It is available either as a paperback or an eBook at http://www.amazon.com/Hampton-Summit-Castleton-1/dp/1482731622/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367022081&sr=1-1&keywords=the+hampton+summit
Most of you are aware of the reason I have been so long absent from the woodworking magazines and from this space. I have spent the last six years writing an eight-book fantasy/adventure series for young adults, called the Castleton Series. I completed the final book last June. This April 22 the first volume
Sigh. Another one of the woodworking magazines has printed a picture of a chairmaker sitting at his shave horse. In doing so, they the magazine joined the long list of sources that continue to undermine the craft of chairmaking. How do we ever advance with such odds so stacked against us? A single misleading picture
Many of you know I have spent all my free time these past five years writing an eight-volume series of young adult adventure novels. While preparing to publish the books, I have begun serializing them at mikedunbar.tumblr.com. Log on each week if you would like to read them. If you are on tumblr you can follow
While this isn’t exactly chairmaking, I still pretty proud of it. I think you’ll like it too. Great views of the coast and the Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRb34OyHm4A
A lot of you know the story of Mr. Green – actually both Mr. Greens. These are the nicknames we give the old bucks that made our green stuff for us. The green stuff is the gauges and devices we sell in the catalog that are made from green anodized
In every cloud is a silver lining. We are under the shadow of an economic cloud, but with less competition for premium white pine from builders, the stuff we get is often spectacular. Two days ago I was cutting the most recent load into seat blanks. My son is home from college and was helping me. I