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Inspired by the @lostartpress book Build a Chair from Bulls%$t and a need for shop doors, I built two stave core doors out of left over construction lumber. The skins are made from ripping and flipping the least hideous 2x6s to get vertical grain a
Very exciting news! This week BWW was awarded the 2026 Woodshop Grant from the Paul and Pascale Edelman Giving Fund. While I strive to design and build furniture at a very high level, the shop I work out of makes it hard to do this at a pace that i
A look under the hood - the reason to make these legs from lumber core is it allows me to make them very thick without having to track down 12/4 + white oak. This decreases the weight of the table, increases the dimensional stability of the legs, and
Building another one of these tables. Machining the double-sided stepped mortise in the 3 inch thick lumber core legs is a pretty labor-intensive bit of woodworking, but the results are worth it.
drawer components/ a shocking slap/ Utah in the fall
Things you can make if you take my intro to turning or mitered box class @fusemakerspace / chairs around a table/ Phaedra screams at the state of things
As the owner and lead designer/fabricator at BWW my life is simply too important to do the roofing for my shop. Thankfully, my lovely wife is very steady on her feat and great with a nail gun. Owning a small business is all about knowing how to a
Squiggles are in! Beeman Woodworks is always going to be a small business focused on combining modern/fun design with traditional handcrafts. These knitted backrests that my wife makes are a great example of that ethos.
Year 1 in business is in the books. It's been energizing/exciting/humbling in pretty much equal parts and overall I am very happy with the decision to go in to business for myself. Grateful for everyone who has given me business, helped me build th
A fun fact about ammonia & oak: The underside of the big oak table is all amonia fumed oak. The process speaks to me in that the results are a natural chemical reaction and depending on the tannin content of the wood, the results can vary wildly
Nearly every design choice on this cabinet was a function of the sliding doors. The drawer pulls are created by laminating ash that has a rabbeted circle cut into it over the dovetailed drawer face. This design allows for the doors to slide over th
ash dovetails