Road-trip to Epic Woodworking & Tom Mclaughlin
This weekend I took a little road trip out to visit Tom McLaughlin at Epic Woodworking in Canterbury, NH.
Epic Woodworking has both On site Classes & Online Classes whether you are a beginner or a more experienced woodworker Epic Woodworking has a course for you, that Tom teaches.
The whole reason for my trip was to have a class with Tom McLaughlin as our host and the topic of discussion was a very informal visit to his shop to talk about how he made The Tilt Top Table that was featured on his TV show “Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking”
Here is the shop of Tom McLaughlin of Epic Woodworking , what a beautiful shop inside and out.
Here you can see the Tilt Top Table assembled
Here is Tom demonstrating the table in tilted position
Below are a couple of pictures and video of Tom demonstrating how he made some of the components that made up the table
Below is a couple of pictures I took while in the shop.
Tom was very kind in taking a picture with me in the shop. I can never get a good picture as Tom can contest I think i tried like 6 times to get a decent pic of me, Anyway this was the best one, LOL
I would just like to Thank Tom for a wonderful day and I learnt so much just being in his shop with him showing you all the techniques that you can use in any project, he is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. I think some of his best traits is that he is extremely approachable and no question is too dumb.
SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SURPRISE
What was a little funny was that Tom showed us the project that he made for the episode of Rough Cut & Fine Woodworking that was airing on the day that we were in his shop, the project was a Contemporary Table lamp that he made with special guest Chris Becksvoort if you want to look at the show click here
The lamp is beutiful and its made with pieces of veneer that acts as the shade and the body is made up of a few pieces of wood with half-lap joinery.
If you would like to learn more about Epic Woodworking I have placed links below to his social media sites, as well as his website.