• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Tool thefts in England

    This is incredibly disturbing. It's hard enough to make a living in the trades without worrying about whether you will have your tools in the morning. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/08/surging-tool-thefts-leaving-tradespeople-penniless-afraid
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    A way to look at furniture proportions

    I'm a fan of George Walker and Jim Tolpin, who over the last decade or so have written a series of books about furniture design that focus on what makes pleasing proportions rather than construction methods. Mostly they work from old furniture and classic architectural examples. Think classical...
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    Any stone carvers here?

    I think I've mentioned that I now live in the middle of Indiana's limestone belt. For a small town, there are an unusual number of limestone clad buildings, especially on the university campus. There and around town there are also quite a few stone carvings. Last weekend, since it is winter...
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    A large mahogany plank

    Stopped by a lumber yard today looking for something else. While there I saw this. And three of its little brothers underneath. I was not tempted.
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    Wedding gift table

    A nephew is getting married in April. I promised the couple a piece of furniture and they have chosen a smallish table with what I have learned are Louis the 16th features. They sent me this picture of the sort of thing they like, in particular the Greek meandros pattern on the skirt/apron...
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    Art Nouveau doors

    A friend passed along these collections of wonderful entryways, mostly from Belgium. There are more but I didn't want to overwhelm.
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    Sawhorses

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    Japanese plastering workshop

    I'm attending a week long workshop on Japanese plastering near Berea, Kentucky, USA. Berea has a long history as an artist and craftsperson community and also a vibrant community of back-to-the-land and natural building aficionados. The workshop is hosted by South Slope Farm, (online search for...
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    Bundwerk barn

    A friend of mine in Oregon is building a "bundwerk" barn. His family is originally from Bavaria and he visits there frequently. He fell in love with the style there. His family owns a sawmill in Oregon used to make hardwood flooring, and he has a second smaller mill at the site that he uses to...
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    A movie sort of about modern architecture: Columbus

    About 30 miles from my new home is the town of Columbus, Indiana. About 50,000 people. Famous for two things: as the home of Cummins Engines, and a remarkable collection of modern architecture. Over 70 public and private buildings designed by world famous architects. Columbus (the movie) is by...
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    New garage shop

    As some of you know I'm moving house soon. I've started thinking about fitting out the two car garage in the new house to use for my shop. One wrinkle is that I haven't seen the house and garage in person, yet. That won't happen for another three weeks. But from photos and floor plans and a Zoom...
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    Ceanothus

    From our front garden today. Several species of Ceanothus are native to California and Oregon where they are sometimes known California Lilac. Incredible color. This is a hybrid called "Dark Star" .We planted it about 9 years ago. Pollinators love it. With some variety of azalea in the background.
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    Refinishing a table top

    This is from our dining table. I made it some 40 years ago as one my first woodworking projects. The wood is butternut (Juglans cinerea) with butternut and walnut keys. No "before" pictures but it had many scratches and coffee cup rings and such. I've refinished it a couple of times before over...
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    Mini dozuki saw

    I have a specific use for a small, fine toothed saw so I looked around and found this cute little guy. The saw plate is 0.2 mm and it has about 30 teeth per inch. Induction hardened teeth. Here it is compared with a more commonly sized dozuki: And a comparison of the teeth and kerfs of the...
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    Acorn tree house

    A couple of years ago I visited my sister in Vermont. She does part time gardening for some of her neighbors and took me to see the estate of one of her clients. The main attraction she wanted me to see was his acorn tree house. The owner is an architect named Byron Hawthorn. The story of...
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    Winter is over

    Never needed to mow this early before, by a couple of weeks. Daffodils are pushing up. And here is a winter blooming Oregon native called a silktassel (Garrya eliptica). Just about to flower.
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    Daizo Mitsukawa, traditional saw blacksmith in Japan.

    A nicely done video visit to the blacksmith Daizo Mitsukawa, one of the few remaining makers of hand forged saws in Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles. He makes saws both the traditional hand forged way (very expensive) and with machine assists (more affordable but still well made).
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    A Federal style demilune table

    Over here in the USA this style is called "Federal" which is from the late 1700's and early 1800's. Maybe called neo-classical elsewhere in the west? https://rauantiques.com/blogs/canvases-carats-and-curiosities/federal-style-furniture-and-how-to-identify-it We bought our current house a year...
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    A bread box

    I made this a couple of years ago for a niece. The box is butternut (Juglans cineria) with hidden mitred dovetails with the figure carried around the case. The door panel is American black walnut with carved shallow grooves. I got the idea from making a Japanese wagatabon tray which also uses...
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    The East Glacier Lodge (Montana, USA)

    Just returned from week+ at Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. The national park system here is one of the best things about the USA, I can safely say beloved by all. For those not too familiar with USA geography, look here at the upper left corner just under Canada: This part of the...
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