woodezine - Volume III - Issue I - January 2005

Woodworking News 2

 

Free T-Shirts!
Alan Giagnocavo, the publisher at Fox Chapel, sent us an e-mail about the company's new Web site (www.FoxChapelPublishing.com). They are one of the world's largest one-stop resources for the very best woodworking books, featuring more than 1,200 titles on topics such as woodcarving, scroll sawing, furniture, woodturning, routers and much more. Fox Chapel also publishes two leading magazines - Wood Carving Illustrated, and Scroll Saw Workshop. The updated site is loaded with new books, a book of the month, and information on all of their best sellers. You can open or update your own account online now, check your order status and more. And the company is offering free T-shirts with any order of just $75 or more.

For more info, visit them online.

New Web site for Kern Lasers
Kern Electronics & Lasers, Inc. has officially launched a new, improved Web site which features new products and lots of updated information. The new design is more efficient, better organized and easier to navigate. It has a fresh, contemporary look which captures the quality of their product line. Each laser system is listed with a complete description, a list of its features and capabilities, plus an enlarged photo for viewing and printing. Items of interest include: 3-D laser engraving, KCAM software, leasing options, tax incentives and a metal cutting option.

For more information, call toll FREE 1-888-660-2755 or visit www.kernlasers.com

 


Woodcarver, Wordcarver is a collection of poems by author and carver Al Jensen. You should read the one about the kid whittling in the outhouse, and our favotite poem begins...
"As I lie down to sleep I pray
The glue will hold on my parquet..."

For more info, send Al an e-mail or call 520-889-7751

  

OOPS
Without saying one word to his wife,
The old carver took up his sharp knife
And carelessly carved on his thumb.

When he saw the spurting blood flow
He thought she had best never know
He'd done it again, which was dumb.

He'd sliced and gouged holes galore
In most of the clothes that he wore,
And had scars from navel to neck.

He went silently out the back door,
Wobbly, shirt covered in gore,
Then fainted and fell to the deck.

He passed away during the night:
The dog found him dead at first light,
Then his wife, upon rising at nine.

The moral of this sad tale is quite sound:
Don't carve when there's no one around.
Wear a glove, carry Band-aids and Whine.

Copyright Al Jensen, 2004

Marquetry DVD
Noted woodworker and marquetry expert Silas Kopf of Northampton, Mass., has produced a new DVD entitled "The Master Techniques of Marquetry". The 85 minute disk covers inlay, parquetry, banding, Boulle, packet cutting and double bevel sawing. Silas says that this isn't specifically a how-to DVD, but more of a how it's done.

  For more info, visit Silas online (www.silaskopf.com/dvd.html).
Check out his Gallery while you're there.
 

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