Author Archives: Dave Fisher

Daily Bowl Article

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Dave Fisher

There’s a new issue of Fine Woodworking Magazine just out (August 2020, Issue #283) with a slew of good articles.  I’ve also got an article in there on carving an eating bowl like the one above.  With just a few … Continue reading →

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Musical Shrink Pot

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Between juggling this last month of a strange school year and a bout with sciatica, my carving time has been limited lately, but I was able to get a different sort of shrink pot finished before Mother’s Day.  Keeping in … Continue reading →

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More Fun with Shrink Tubes

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Sometimes you just have to get an odd idea out of your system.  This one involved shrink pots, or more specifically, shrink tube bottoms.  I’ve written several posts about shrink pots/boxes/tubes with procedures and all that.  Here is a link … Continue reading →

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Elbow Adze

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Dave Fisher

I intended to do this over three years ago — make an elbow adze.  My intentions were so sincere that I purchased the iron from Kestrel Tool.  I even found a branch junction that would work well for the haft … Continue reading →

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Back to the Hens

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Dave Fisher

I remember first seeing The Serenity Prayer on a trivet that hung on my grandmother’s kitchen wall: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know … Continue reading →

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Easter Eggs

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Turns out you don’t need little mystery tablets to color Easter eggs.  My wife Kristin and daughter Emma had some fun experimenting with what we had around the house to dye eggs yesterday.  I was like a little kid when … Continue reading →

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Making the Best of It

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Limits encourage creativity.  This is evident in many aspects of life, such as when a resourceful home cook manages to create a splendid meal from the few things left in the cupboard.  Or when an aging athlete expertly adapts his … Continue reading →

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Raffle Heads Up

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Dave Fisher

If you don’t get emails from Curtis Buchanan, you should.  All you have to do is subscribe to his mailing list here and wonderful news shows up in your inbox.  New chair plans, course updates, all sorts of good things.  … Continue reading →

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Knotty Story

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Dave Fisher

This tale from my isolated workshop is actually quite tame compared to Boccaccio’s famous ones from the 14th Century told by a group of friends isolating themselves in an Italian villa; unfortunately timely circumstances. Amid the adjustments to the ever … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Thoreau’s Tray

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Our life is frittered away by detail . . . I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on … Continue reading →

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