I’ve been busy with classes, tools and chairs lately. I have been finally finishing up some Temple Chairs from the classes last year and decided to have some fun with color!

I’ve been doing tons of experimenting with the techniques for getting fast and repeatable results with the milk paint ever since I shot my video a couple of years back. I’m just about to begin reshooting it to include the info that I’ve found most useful. Folks who already bought the video will automatically own the new version.

One helpful addition is this magnetic mixer. Leaving the paint stirring in this overnight yields a much smoother product that is able to go on incredibly thin and smooth, leaving very little burnishing at the end.

I’ve also been spending time with Kelly Harris working on her upcoming tenon cutter. We have been through many iterations and tests and have a very cool tool heading into production. Besides cutting beautifully and also sizing the end just below 5/8” (so that it fits the mortise from the start") the blade depth is self setting, so after sharpening, replacing the blade to a perfect cut takes seconds!

I’ve run out of things in my shop to taper!! This thing is fun to use!

Here are a couple of shots from recent classes, the quality of the chairs has been a delight

I have one spot that just came open in my upcoming Comb Back class, let me know if you are interested (details here)