editor’s letter
Let’s face it: For decades, this hobby we love so much tended to be a solo endeavor. Nothing but you, the wood, and your tools, tucked away in the shop—your haven!—in a basement, garage, or outbuilding. Nobody to tell you what to do. But, nobody to bounce ideas off when you ran into a puzzler. Well, it’s a changing world. These days, help is often merely a mouse click or text message away, and woodworkers are sharing more ideas than ever via computers, clubs and guilds, and online communities. In this issue (which is all about sharing ideas), you’ll learn how the shops of several woodworkers exemplify that community building. For example, Bernie Burke (page 4) and Dan Martin (page 40) serve as presidents of growing woodworking clubs and regularly…