Splinters with Gary Rogowski

My First Shop Reconsidered

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Tool Wall

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Practice at the bench to give thanks. 

Q&A #4

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why Bother?

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

My First Student

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

https://northwestwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/My-First-Student.mp3

Furniture Design: On Chairs

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

April’s Gluing Fool

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Furniture Design

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Chair: Considered

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Q&A #3

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Q&A #2

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Setting Up Shop

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Q&A on Woodworking

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nuts and Bolts and Screws

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I Get It

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To Be Seen

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Teaching Styles

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Flow in the Shop

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lyricism

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Precision

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Creativity: Hustlers, Fakers, & Thieves

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cutting on the Wrong Side of the Line

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reading the Fish

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Musing on Mastery

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Creativity and You, the Student of It

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A conversation with Matthew Lynch, OMP graduate, Part One. Matt and Gary talk about the two year program and its challenges and rewards.

Addled

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dead Bird

16 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My First Shop

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Setting Up Shop

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Flow

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What Happened?

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Open That Door

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Counting the Rocks

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What If?

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rock Climbing and the Online Mastery Program

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pay Attention

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bird Brain

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Footsteps

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dead Weight

02 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Borrowing My Chisel

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At the Bench

28 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

https://northwestwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/At-the-Bench.mp3

Question Your Assumptions

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why Do This Work?

13 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gargantua

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Which Wood, Why, reprise

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Change

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I hate change. I love change.

The Problem at the Bench As Well

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Spoon in the Road

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Something Useless

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stuck Again

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Playtime

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Test

Transitions

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shuck and Jive

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Joy of Gluing

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Choosing Lumber

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Balancing Act

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Slack

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Deadlines

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pass the Wine

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Salt

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Garrett Wade Catalogue

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Garrett Wade Catalogue has been bringing fine tools to the woodworker since 1975. The offerings have expanded in some areas like gardening and woo...

Jumbo Shrimp

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My First Mistake

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keep your head on a swivel when working alone.

The Lowly Scraper

01 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cheese and Chairs

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ratso’s One Lone Post

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tolerances

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nuts and Bolts

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Sentry

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A story about Jimmy the Beagle and his watchful eye. Also information about our Online Lectures and Workshops. Plus a brief description of our new Onl...

The Trail Ride

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inlay Magic

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Inlay is a mark left behind by the maker. A mark that says I built this. It was important to me.

Why Planes

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why hand planes are time savers at the bench.

Milling Lumber

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shadows Again

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stay the Course

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stuck

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

That’s the This

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The beauty of language.

Straight

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The concept of straight is as important as any at the bench. Get that straight.

Balance

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How do we find balance in a world that has gone topsy turvy? How do we find balance in our work at the bench?

Don’t Think

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Slow Down

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The best way to move quickly is to move slowly with purpose. Fast work of things usually makes mistakes.

Restraint

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Restraint refers to so many things in our life. But also to breadboard ends.

Mastery

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A chat about the Mastery Program at the Studio. Its values and value.

The Bandsaw

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bandsaws are the most versatile machine in the furnituremaking shop.

Resistententialism

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You know it when your tools hide from you, resist your efforts, thwart your progress.

The Nature of Quality

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

To be involved with one’s work is not just a question of what gets produced but how it gets produced. This is in the nature of Quality.

Gathering Inspiration

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our muses can be difficult to locate on some days. Pay close attention to them.

The Screwdriver

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The screwdriver. One of our most indispensable tools.

On Creativity

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Molly Major, metalsmith, and Gary discuss creativity.

Mistakes

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You can handle a mistake in several different ways. Choose the one that yields the most for you.

On Beginning

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Starting out can be a challenge. Keep an eye on the prize.

Starting Out

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There is no shortcut to learning skills. It’s just like taking a hike. All the steps have to be made.

ReCo Bklyn Lumber

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Benton runs a wood resource center in Brooklyn, New York. His sawmill saws up tons of wood every year rescuing these trees from the landfill. He...

The Jointer Revealed

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The jointer is as sensitive a piece of cast iron as exists in the shop. Learn how to tune and use yours to get the results you are after.

My Top Five Hand Planes

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

These hand planes I find indispensable at the bench. They are time savers for me.

Get On With the Work

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are a lot of tools one needs at the bench. Being able to bounce back from a mistake or two is one of them.

Glue Changes Everything Too

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A reprise of a favorite episode, our Season Two opener.

Which Wood Why, Rewind

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Picking out your lumber and milling it makes a difference in the look and longevity of your piece. Learn some of the qualities of wood to watch for.

Accuracy Too

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Slow down, I’m in a hurry.