Years ago, when I had just started working as the editor of Fine Woodworking, I was seriously admonished by Paul Roman, the founder of that magazine and the Taunton Press, that woodworkers don’t have a sense of humor. I thought he was wrong then, and now a new book helps me prove it.

Chicago Fabrications takes a fresh approach to operating a woodworking cooperative, helping clients working with reclaimed wood, glass and steel, designing to build striking commercial interiors.