How to frame, glue-up and finish a parsons table for 12 with solid maple and maple veneer

We were commissioned to build a 48″ x 144″ maple veneer parsons table, designed to seat 12 people comfortably, with bar height at 42″

Wood shop owner Jared Patchin discusses using the Profit & Loss statement to measure the overall health of your company.

Laying up veneer and creating a custom version of an Apple table is all in a day's work for Jared Patchin of J. Alexander Fine Woodworking. Jared shares his tips for manufacturing this project.

Jared Patchin walks readers through the process of crafting a veneered maple desk with removable legs

Another area that needed to be upgraded in our shop was wood door production. We needed to purchase more shapers to set up a dedicated shaker doors station; one for cope cuts and one for stick cuts, allowing us to never have to switch out or adjust cutterheads.

We bought a Castle pocket boring machine for a particular job, then realized how efficient it was to use pocket screws for other projects, including crown moulding nailing strips.