Tutorials

P. Michael Henderson

Over the years, I've done a number of tutorials on different subjects, some as web pages and some as PDFs.  To see a tutorial, click on the picture or the link.

Cauls Making cauls for use in a glue up (web page)

Plane hammer Making a small brass hammer (web page).  Also available in PDF.

Offset Mallet Making an Offset Mallet (web page)

Carving a flower Carving a Simple Flower (web page)

The "Square Flower" Carving a "Square Flower" (web page)

Simple Shell  Carving a Simple Shell (web page)

Second Shell Carving the Second Shell (web page)

Complex shell Carving a Complex Shell (web page)

Simple fan Carving a Simple Early American Fan (web page).

Compass Rose 1 Making a veneer compass rose (PDF)

Veneer Compass Rose 2 Making a different veneer compass rose (web page)

Sand shaded fan Making a veneer sand shaded fan (PDF)

Veneer templates Making templates for a veneer sunburst table (PDF)

Companion Excel spreadsheet to the template article (.xls)

Sharpening disk Making a sharpening disk to sharpen carving tools (web page)

Gumbo Making south Louisiana gumbo (web page).

Creole jambalaya Making Creole Jambalaya (web page)

Any questions, please e-mail me at michael.henderson@cox.net

And you can see some of my woodwork here.