Zap the Gap
I hated the black hole that appeared when I installed corner bifold doors in my kitchen cabinets. To get rid of this annoying gap, I decided to make the main door (the one with the hinges) 3/4-in. wider, so it …
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Remarkable Mentors: North Bennet Street School
The North Bennet Street School had been in business for over 80 years when Phil Lowe enrolled as a student in 1967. Lowe became a teacher at NBSS in 1975 and stayed until 1985. By all accounts, his leadership—along with that of Lance Patterson and othe…
Read moreRemarkable Mentors: Wendy Maruyama and Tom Loeser
Often unhappy but never undaunted, Maruyama persisted—and blossomed. “For me, furniture was always intended to be a vehicle of creative expression and experimentation.” She went on to lead the furniture program at SDSU herself from 1989 to 2015, and it…
Read moreRemarkable Mentors: James Krenov
Krenov’s cabinets and books would have secured him a place in the pantheon of 20th-century furniture makers. But in 1981 some devotees of his books arranged a teaching position for him in Northern California that evolved into a full-time program.
Read moreEp 7: Shaping the Legs
Tim uses a bandsaw, a spindle sander, and a series of hand tools to shape the elegantly curved legs.
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