Click to Play Rick and Erik wrap up their conversation on beginners' impovs and substituions. Also, we are looking for guests on the show to talk about their experiences as beginners in woodworking.  Even if you have been doing it for a long time, we'd love to have you on the show.

Click to Play This is part 1 of a 2 part series about how beginners can/will improvize in the absence of a tool.  We will cover what are some good improvs, and some bad ones.

Erik and Rick (Rick Waters, from The Splintered Board Podcast) finally got their stuff together and recorded the introduction to The Sawdust Chronicles. Download the podcast and find out why we are starting up a joint podcast. As a new woodworker, there are a ton of things you need to learn and be aware of - most are for your own safety. While making the craft less intimidating, we want to help remove the ambiguity of some woodworking terms, techniques, plans, etc. Join us as novice woodworkers try to help novice woodworkers. Click To Play

A quick update, due to technical difficulties this video episode is not currently available via iTunes, which sucks because that's where the majority of our audience gets the show. It will only be available on our website for the time being. Thanks for your understanding. Click To Play

Recently uncovered from the vault here at The Novice Garage Woodworker is the original Episode 2 video. Thankfully Geraldo Rivera was not on hand to help us with the unveiling! Listen to this short audio introduction, then enjoy the video. Click To Play

It's been almost a year since my last post, and a lot happened during that time. Hopefully this episode will clear up a few things, but please let me know if you have any questions. All that said, I am going to continue thIs podcast, and I'm working on a few things right now, so please stay tuned. Thanks for listening. Click To Play

My Fundamentals class at Red Rocks has been going great for the last several weeks. In this episode I do a quick recap of the last 3 classes and highlight a fun session we had with hand planes. I also discuss the challenges I'm facing as I try to design my semester project, an original table that I design and build. I mention a few of my design influences outside of woodworking: Steve McQueen and his Ferrari and the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. Some newly discovered woodworking influences have gotten my creative juices flowing: The Red and Blue Chair, the Noguchi coffeetable, the work of George Nakashima, Tage Frid his three-legged stool, and perhaps my biggest immediate design influence, the rocking chairs of Sam Maloof. I've also posted a Flickr photo gallery with photos of the shop at Red Rocks, as well as some links to the web pages from several Red Rocks Fine Woodworking instructors. And, I hope you'll take the survey to the left as to which hand plane I should get as my next tool purchase. Thanks for listening! Click To Play Episode 3 play_blip_movie_399063();

I have 2 major announcements at The Novice Garage Woodworker. First, I'm going back to college. I've enrolled in the Fine Woodworking program at Red Rocks Community College here in Denver for the Fall semester. I'll be going back to the basics of woodworking in the Fundamentals of Woodworking class. Second, because of my increased work schedule and now my school schedule, I will be switching the format of the show to more of an audio format. I still plan to do videos occasionally, but I think I can produce the show better and faster through an audio format. Enjoy Episode 2, and thanks for listening! Click To Play Episode 2

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