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- Classes Update
- Ask Dave: Fine Lines in Marquetry
- Tech(nique) Topic: Templates, and how to use them
Vol. 23: Feb 2026
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Vol. 22: October 2025
- Classes update & 2026 Schedule
- Travel: Victoria and Albert Museum
- Tech(nique) Topic: Why I teach scroll saw marquetry
- Tool Time: Bohin Colored Lead Pencils
- Tech(nique) Topic: Advanced Sand Shading
- History Lesson: Packet Cutting and Boulle work
- Travel: Furniture from England - the Wallace Collection
Vol. 21: August 2025
- Ask Dave: Cutting Small Dots in Double Bevel
- Travel: Furniture photos from England, Part 1
- Toolkit: The complete list of tools Dave uses for marquetry, with links!
Vol. 20: July 2025
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Vol. 19: Feb 2025
- Geometric Marquetry II
- Lexicon: What is Chatoyance?
- Tech(nique) Topic: When glue ups fail
- Tech(nique) Topic: Correcting a warped panel
- 2025 Class Schedule Updates
- New Tools for Marquetry
- Tech(nique) Topic: Problems with Thick Veneer
Vol. 18: Jan 2025
- Classes Schedule for 2025 is live
- New Classes and Formats for 2025
Vol. 17: Nov 2024
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Vol. 16: Oct 2024
- New Classes in 2025
- Tech(nique) Topic: Storing Veneer
- Tech(nique) Topic: Inlaying Curved Veneer Elements into a Table Top
- Decorative Arts Museums worth a visit: Paris
Vol. 15: August 2024
- Ask Dave: How to create a line drawing from a photo (step by step)
- Tech(nique) topic: Using the computer to design a 4-way matched panel
Vol. 14: July 2024
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Vol. 12: May 2024
- Ask Dave: How to work with extra large panels
- Around the Shop: Working through Failure
- Tech(nique) Topic: Softening Veneer
- Ask Dave: How to replace a piece of already-cut veneer
- Events & Classes: Upcoming Schedule
- Class Recap: Painting with Wood
Vol. 11: April 2024
- Ask Dave: How to create a line drawing from a photo
- Decorative Arts Museums - the MAK
- History lesson: Roentgen
- Tech(nique) topic: Where do design ideas come from?
Vol. 10: February 2024
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Vol. 9: January 2024
- Ask Dave: Filler between pieces?
- Around the Shop: Plans and Philosophy for 2024
- Tech(nique) Topic: Laying in a narrow line in your marquetry work
- Show & Tell - The Collaboration Piece
- Events & Classes: Wrapping up 2023
- RWC Archive now available!
- Great Places with Great Furniture: Charleston, South Carolina
Vol. 8: November + December 2023
- Ask Dave: How to cut perfectly straight veneer
- Events & Classes: 2024 update
- Around the shop: the Collaboration Piece
- Decorative Arts collections worth a Visit: the VMFA
Vol. 7: October 2023
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Vol. 6: September 2023
- Ask Dave: Top Books for the Marquetarian
- Events & Classes: New Double Bevel II class
- Tech(nique) Topic: Glues and Glue-Up
- Ask Dave: How to store veneer to keep it flat?
- Events & Classes: 2024 Schedule
- Tech(nique) Topic: Key Tools for the Marquetarian Download
Vol. 5: August 2023
- Ask Dave: How to dress up a basic box?
- Events & Classes: Catching up with the "Grandkids" at Sam Beauford
- Class focus: Elliptical Fan part 2
- Tech(nique) Topic: Best Scroll Saws
- Shop Updates
Vol. 4: July 2023
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Vol. 3: June 2023
- Ask Dave: Why does Parquetry get no love around here?
- Events & Classes: Student Survey
- Ask Dave: What is cockbeading, and when would I use it?
- Events & Classes: Sam Beauford School
- Class focus: Elliptical Fan part 1
- Tech(nique) Topic: Sand Shading
Vol. 2: May 2023
- Ask Dave: Best solvent for shellac?
- Class focus: Veneering for Furniture Makers
- New videos on YouTube with Wood and Shop
- Tech(nique) Topic: Using Palette Paper in Pictoral Marquetry
Vol. 1: April 2023
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