I once made a bar top from curly cherry that I thought would only take a few hours to finish, but took me three days instead. My, how time flies when you’re screwing up a good finish.

Measuring system for wood varnish mixing in a straight-sided spray gun container.

A video montage of daily woodworking involvement at WunderWoods--from milling to building custom furniture

Woodworkers are asked to make some magic happen from time to time. Often, it involves stretching lumber to make a project even possible, such as this large island countertop made from a customer's small walnut tree.

In the world of sawmilling, very few logs come right out and announce that they are going to twist. They don’t say, “Don’t waste your time cutting me, idiot!”

As I looked out from the 22nd floor in the wake of a June tornado, I could easily see a large segment of the Missouri River, and guess what I saw: Logs, logs and more logs. Huge ones floating right on by, and in good numbers.

An huge unwanted sycamore log, that put the durability of my truck in an unplanned test, wound up creating gorgeous kitchen cabinets.