Popular Woodworking 2007-02 № 160, страница 5

Please Welcome a Most Familiar Face

As I was combing through the resumes of the woodworkers who applied for our open senior editor position I had a disturbing thought: I was glad that my resume wasn't in that pile because I'm not so sure that it would merit a second look.

We had some remarkably talented woodworkers and writers apply for the job. And I was struggling to decide which ones to interview when one more resume came in.

It was from Glen Huey, a professional woodworker, longtime contributing editor to Popular Woodworking, teacher, book author and DVD host.

At that moment I was certain of two things: We had found our next senior editor and that it was a very good thing that I already had this job.

Most readers of our magazine know Glen through his work in these pages - he's written more than 25 pieces over the years for us. But you might not be aware of everything else this busy man and accomplished woodworker has done.

Since 1994, he and his father, Malcolm L. Huey, have run a successful furniture-making business in Middletown, Ohio, called Malcolm L. Huey & Son (hueyfurniture.com). From their shops, Glen and his father have turned out a remarkable number of high-end early-American pieces - everything from simple Shaker-style candlestands to inlaid spice boxes to a Federal side table with completely over-the-top inlay and banding. We have been able to feature only a small number of his pieces in our pages.

So Glen wrote three books: "Fine Furniture for a Lifetime," "Building Fine Furniture" and "Glen Huey's Illustrated Guide to Building Period Furniture" (all from Popular Woodworking Books). In those three books,

you can see a wider range of his work, including some more contemporary pieces. Glen, as you will soon find out, is not afraid to stretch himself. And so he started making DVDs about furniture building.

So far, he and a business partner have produced three DVDs that they filmed in his shop and edited themselves (typical woodworker, no?). These DVDs are more than just video instruction. They include plans for the project being featured on the DVD, plus pages and pages of still photos that you can print out and take to the shop. It's a great way to package information on a DVD - and I'm sure DVDs like this will become the standard. Check out his DVDs at his other web site: woodworkersedge.com.

And if that's not enough, Glen also has been teaching extensively at the American Sycamore Woodworkers' Retreat, at Woodcraft stores, at the WoodWorks shows and even privately. Whew.

So what do we have planned for Glen here at Popular Woodworking? Good question. With our recent addition of Robert W. Lang as senior editor (who has a resume much like Glen's), we are in the catbird seat with a well-seasoned staff that is more than a bunch of word-herding desk-jockeys. We're already making some big plans that you are going to start to see in future issues - changes in the way we test tools, build projects and present techniques. You also are going to see some big changes in our web site. So stay tuned. PW

Christopher Schwarz Editor

CONTRIBUTORS

SCOTT GIBSON

Scott Gibson and his family recently moved to a new home in southern Maine, where he's making use of his casework construction, trimming and stair-building skills.

His tools currently share space with a generator, a snowblower, two motorcycles, gardening equipment and myriad recycling bins. Although he misses the capacious shop at his former home, Scott says a lack of space helps to remind him that it's not the workshop that really counts, but the pleasure he takes in making something ... such as the shop he's planning to build come spring.

Scott is a former editor for several magazines, including Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding. For this issue, he wrote Woodworking Essentials.

DAVID MATHIAS

David Mathias is a hobbyist woodworker with a particular love of Greene & Greene furniture. Self-taught, he came to woodworking when he and his wife couldn't find the kitchen table they wanted. Today he's unsure what made him think that making furniture was possible without tools, a workshop or skills. Nonetheless, David was hooked, and immersed himself in the craft. Nine years later he has a shop, serious skills and a fine collection of tools.

David's shop time is interrupted by his day job on the faculty of the Ohio State University. His first article for Popular Woodworking appears on page 61.

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