Some of you may or may not know Adam King. For those that do, you may know him from Twitter, or his blogs, or from various podcasts. If you don’t and you appreciate any combination of fine-art, woodworking, advanced design concepts along with good conversation, then you should get to know Adam.

Meet Adam
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…have enough clamps. Every woodworker in the world knows this. I certainly don’t have enough; not even close.

The Problem
Recently, in an attempt to speed up production in the shop, I’ve noticed the lack of clamps was slowing me down significantly. Even though I was initially adverse to working on more than

Several years ago, Christen and I purchased a small, hill-side plot of land in the Goldstream Valley of Fairbanks, Alaska. Near the time we decided to begin clearing some trees, I thought it may be a good idea to get in touch with the owner of the neighboring lot, since it appeared that they were beginning to clear also. I… Read more

Several months ago, I emailed a guy asking him about a piece of equipment I saw in his shop online. We have the same mortising machine and I was having trouble setting mine up, mostly cause I didn’t read the manual fully. He tried his best to understand and help me, but I was a bit hopeless at the time. Eventually, I figured out the machine, but what developed after was a solid friendship.

In the previous post, we started on an ottoman project for a local client. The hope was to be finished on day 2, which didn’t happen, but I came close enough to wrap up this two-part series. By the end of the last post, I completed milling of the rails and stretchers.

A friend asked me to make him an ottoman for his chair. He wanted something similar to mine that he saw at the show, but a couple inches narrower. The neat thing is that he has all the materials required, including the quarter-sawn white oak (QSWO) and wants to finish it himself in order to color match

As promised, this post is the follow-up to the Home Show preparation discussed here previously. The weekend went very well. We had little idea of what to expect overall during the show, but we are very happy for many reasons. There was no better way to conduct the official opening of our venture.

A couple days ago, I routed out a couple of 15″ diam. walnut circles for Lazy Susans. During the first circle, the router jammed up and wouldn’t continue

I remember not too long ago experiencing some difficulty with a serious gap in our capabilities towards our goals here at Birch Hill Woodcrafts. We knew we had to be able to design custom wood concepts in furniture and such, but we weren’t prepared to do so in any reliable fashion. I am not a big fan, nor ever slightly… Read more

In this day and age, sharing information is simple and highly appreciated, esp. when desperately needed. The quality of information, especially in the woodworking community, is also improving in what must be nothing short of stunning to the masters of old. Long ago, what would seem to take decades to learn and perfect, is now a simple search engine query… Read more

In addition to all the administrative and operational aspects to starting a small business, we decided to participate in the annual local Home Show. This is the one big show each year that businesses showcase their work or services, offer retail items as well as a variety of booths that provide a… Read more

They say a woodworker that can make a high quality box can make anything. The reason is – a “simple” box often requires a full range of woodworking skills. Even though boxes remain smaller woodcraft items, their lines and curves become central aspects of the piece and it’s easy to see the details quickly. That can both be good and… Read more