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Meet the North Bennet Street School Students

By TommyMac On March 16, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
Want to know what life was like for Tommy when he attended the North Bennet Street School? Check out this great interview by Frank Byers (of Woodcraft blog fame) of six NBSS students who had pieces featured at WoodExpo 2011. This is a great mini-education for anyone interested in following in the footsteps of Tommy [...]
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Meet Tommy at the Western Mass Home & Garden Show

By TommyMac On March 14, 2011 · Add Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
Tommy will be appearing at the Western Mass Home & Garden Show next Saturday, March 26th. The Show will take place at the Eastern States Exposition Grounds in West Springfield, MA.   Tommy will be hanging out at the WGBY booth in the late morning, so swing by and say hi. He may even have [...]
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WoodExpo 2011 Gallery is Up!

By TommyMac On March 11, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
The photo gallery for WoodExpo 2011 is now live! Be sure to drop in and check out all the shots of work on display, priceless presenter moments and behind the scenes stills of Tommy and the crew.
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The Woodworking Shows Come to Virginia

By TommyMac On March 9, 2011 · Add Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Woodworking Industry
All you Virginia-based woodworkers should plan to head over this weekend’s Woodworking Show in Chantilly, VA. The show will be held in the North Hall of the Dulles Expo Center from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13. Hours are: Friday 12-6 Saturday 10-6 Sunday 10-4 Children under 15 and active duty police, fire and [...]
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Two Tommy Interviews

By TommyMac On February 17, 2011 · Add Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
Andrea Galvin of Canton Community TV popped into Tommy’s shop in Canton, Massachusetts to chat with Tommy, Al and Mark Libby about Rough Cut and his beginnings as a woodworker. Prior to heading into the St. Louis Woodworking Show last week Tommy sat down with KTRS talk show host McGraw Milhaven to jaw on all [...]
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Tommy at the St Louis Woodworking Show

By TommyMac On February 11, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
All you St. Louis area woodworkers should head over to the Woodworking Show taking place there this weekend at the Gateway Center in Collinsville, IL, to meet Tommy and hear his presentation on Building Better Furniture. The show runs from Friday – Sunday, and admission is free for children under 15 and all active duty [...]
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Too Much of a Good Thing

By TommyMac On February 3, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Woodworking Industry
Guest blogger Rick Waters, who had a hand in the inception of the WoodExpo, submitted this blog recently. You can meet with Rick at this year’s WoodExpo in a few weeks. I get to work pretty early. I’m usually strolling into the place at about 6:35am.  So, when I was walking around doing my normal routine [...]
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Safe Winter Woodworking

By TommyMac On January 31, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Woodworking Industry
There are some lessons in woodworking best learned through others’ mistakes. Take, for instance, the case of Ronnie Helton of New Vienna, Ohio. Ronnie and his wife, Martha recently lost their garage and workshop in a fire, which was caused by a kerosene heater place too close to the combustibles in the shop. The combined [...]
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Cast Some Shaderlight on Your Google SketchUp Design

By TommyMac On January 25, 2011 · Add Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Woodworking Industry
I know that a number of 207 Forum members regularly use Google SketchUp for their woodworking design needs. It’s a great, free tool that makes project planning that much easier. For those SketchUp users looking for a rendering tool, it looks like Shaderlight is one to consider. This recent piece on the most recent offering [...]
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In Search of the Next Generation of Woodworking Stars

By TommyMac On January 18, 2011 · Add Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Woodworking Industry
Fine Woodworking and the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship are co-producing a juried exhibition entitled “Regeneration: Fine Woodworkers Under 30.” The exhibition will be held September 16 – November 22, 2011, at the Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. Selected entries will get mention on the Fine Woodworking website while Top [...]
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Tommy at the Baltimore Woodworking Show

By TommyMac On January 17, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
Tommy certainly had his hands full last weekend at the Baltimore Woodworking Show. As our friend Frank Byers over at Woodcraft tells, Tommy demonstrated chisel sharpening and fielded questions on project building from the numerous onlookers. He also had a chance to hang with Scott Phillips from The American Woodshop and Charles Neil. Most importantly, [...]
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Tommy Preps for Baltimore Woodworking Show

By TommyMac On January 6, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
Here’s a little pre-Baltimore Woodworking Show message from Tommy. See you all there!
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Tommy to Attend Baltimore Woodworking Show

By TommyMac On January 5, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Blog, Blog - Season 02, Events, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
The 2011 Woodworking Shows kick off this weekend in Baltimore. For those of you who plan to attend, be sure to swing by the Woodcraft booth and say hi to Tommy, who will be hanging there with the rest of the Woodcraft gang. Tommy will be available for a meet & greet at the Woodcraft [...]
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Woodworking and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

By On November 19, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Blog, Blog - Season 01, Woodworking Industry
Originally I had planned this blog post to be about the Dunning-Kruger effect and how it manifests itself in woodworking forums and woodworking conversations in general. (Before you continue reading, check out the above link for a quick primer on the Dunning-Kruger effect). It’s not such a stretch to connect the D-K effect and woodworking, [...]
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A Frightening Woodworker Parody

By TommyMac On October 19, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Blog - Season 01, Thomas J. MacDonald, Woodworking Industry
Want a good Halloween scare? Check out Steve (of Woodworking for Mere Mortals fame) Ramsey’s “Celebrity Woodworkers’ Halloween Episodes” video below. Steve “does” Norm and Tommy (not a bad job on the accent) as well as a couple others you might recognize. Even Eli gets a cameo. Well done, Steve, and Happy Halloween to you, [...]
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