This is the brass post I mentioned in the last post for the cherry desk. Threaded on one end and slotted in the other end to accept a brass wedge.

I made a small desk in cherry. The design is based on a Gunnar Nielsen desk from the 1950s. I wanted to suspend the cabinet from the legs without cutting into them so I designed and manufactured a brass post with threads on one and a saw kerf with a brass wedge on the other end. I’m so happy with it

A few photos of seat layout and the start of shaping using the bandsaw to cut bevels

The cherry desk progress continues slowly the drawer case is suspended with dry fit brass posts and I am absolutely loving it!

Taught a stool making course with two fantastic students in a fantastic space. Dennis is The Hardwood Craftsman and has a furniture repair business in middleton wi. He welcomed Erika and I in and I taught them to make a stool. Day one is a lot of layout and joinery and the start of shaping.

Work in progress is progressing on the cherry sewing desk.

shaping three maple stool seats today. Bandsaw travisher Jack plane spokeshave card scraper

Seat shaping in the shop a few weeks back. I use a compass and straight edge to lay out the edge profiles and seat shape and then go at it with travisher, Jack plane (no relation), spokeshave and curved card scraper

Tonight in the woodshop there’s cherry case work for a desk and numerous stools on the loose

A chair is a stool but a stool is not a chair. A bench is a stool but not a chair. Stool is life. At rest.

I am Jack from Genlore Woodcraft, a small studio furniture practice and I make this chair. I also make other things and will post and talk about them. It’s a lot of what I do. A lot of the time.