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Jan. 27 Open Wire with Andy Glenn

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Andy Glenn, and Oreo.

Chris will be presenting in Colonial Williamsburg this weekend and I’m up to my hairline in work – so we asked Andy Glenn, author of “Backwoods Chairmakers” (the most recent book release from LAP) if he’d like to take a Saturday stint of answering your woodworking questions. Reader, he said yes!

Andy is a fount of knowledge on post-and-rung chairs (particularly those from the Appalachian region), but he’s well-schooled (and not just metaphorically!) in all areas of woodworking. He trained at the North Bennet Street School (NBSS) before working in furniture repair shops, cabinet and furniture shops, and a wooden boat repair shop. For more than a decade, he’s taught continuing education classes at NBSS and has been a guest instructor in the Cabinet and Furniture Making program at his alma mater. For several years, he was also supervisor of the Woodcraft Program at Berea College Crafts and ran the Woodworking School at Pine Croft.

So get those questions ready for Saturday! As always, the post will go live at around 7 a.m., and comments will close at 5 p.m. – and there may be a lag between your questions and Andy’s answers (I believe he has an ice skating commitment mid-day).

– Fitz

6 thoughts on “Jan. 27 Open Wire with Andy Glenn”

  2. Welcome Andy, and thank you for giving us your time.

    So, I’ve been doing woodwork all my life but I’ve never had any formal training. I’ve made every woodworking mistake there is (many of them twice or three times, but at least I still have all my fingers). I’d love to learn how to be a better woodworker but finding appropriate training doesn’t seem to be that easy. When I look for woodworking classes all I really find are classes for beginners.

    It’s not that some remedial training wouldn’t be good for me, but I don’t want to spend time and money being taught the names of tools, how a chisel works, or the difference between a planer and a jointer. Any advice on where to look for intermediate training?

    1. Dave – If you could please ask again on Saturday, on the Open Wire Thread, that would be grand. Today’s post is simply to announce that Andy will be answering questions on Saturday (instead of us).

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