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No Woodworking Workaholics Allowed

Small woodworking businesses often work around-the-clock to get the job done. Jared Patchin discusses why being a woodworking workaholic is not just bad for health but bad for business as well.

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A Stylish Curve for Sapele Table

A client in San Francisco asked me to make a shoe bench for one of his clients. The bench needed to be fairly small, to fit in a foyer shared by three apartments. It had to have the ability to hold a fair number of shoes.

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Veneered Maple Desk - Version 2.0

Since making the first veneered maple desk in 2009, J. Alexander Fine Woodworking's Jared Patchin has received several requests for the piece. Here Patchin details the making and updating of the veneered maple desk.