Get to Know the Editors

25 Interesting Facts about Managing Editor Marlen Kemmet

Written on July 29, 2009 at 8:33 am , by Marlen Kemmet

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary the fall of 2009, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine.  I update the list periodically.

1.    We have four children. Sasha is working on her PHD in electrical engineering at Iowa State University. Chelsy is finishing her second year of med school at Iowa. Slade is a senior at Iowa, and Carter is a freshman in Waukee. Read more

25 Interesting Facts about Multimedia Editor Craig Ruegsegger

Written on July 27, 2009 at 9:00 am , by Craig Ruegsegger

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    My first woodworking project was a shoe-shine box for 4-H. It was built mostly by my dad.
2.    I have intersecting scars on my scalp from two separate childhood incidents; one on a toboggan, the other on a bike. Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Editor-in-Chief Bill Krier

Written on July 20, 2009 at 9:09 am , by Bill Krier

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Why not post your own in your blog? Here’s my list:

1.    I once had a great 24×30’ garage workshop. Gave that up so the family could move to a bigger house. What was I thinking? Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Techniques Editor Bob Wilson

Written on July 15, 2009 at 9:29 am , by Bob Wilson

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    I learned a healthy respect for DeWalt radial-arm saws after watching the one in my dad’s basement spit out a piece of pine hard enough to dent an overhead air duct.
2.    The highlight of my small-town newspaper reporting career was a hearing where a detective said his superiors were under the influence of “evil spirits.” Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Senior Design Editor Kevin Boyle

Written on July 8, 2009 at 9:58 am , by Kevin Boyle

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    I went to college to become a doctor and left with a degree in environmental design. It took almost as long.
2.    I own a small boutique winery that we started in 2003. Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Tools Editor Bob Hunter

Written on July 6, 2009 at 10:13 am , by Bob Hunter

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Things about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1. I hate to even utter these words, but I might have too many clamps in my shop.

2. If I could have any job in the world, I’d travel and sing—hopefully much better than the off-key noise I make now—in a southern gospel quartet like the Gaither Vocal Band. And I’m not picky: I’d be happy to be either Guy Penrod or David Phelps. Read more

Head. Hands. Heart.

Written on April 16, 2009 at 1:47 pm , by Dave Campbell

I hear woodworkers all the time who watch Norm on TV and say, “Sure, I could do all that stuff, too, if I had a shop like Norm’s.” But the more really talented woodworkers I meet, the more I’m reminded that woodworking is in the head and hands, not in the tools.

The point was driven home again when I drove home for Easter last weekend. Read more

Proper Motivation

Written on January 5, 2009 at 2:25 pm , by Dave Campbell

I’ve mentioned in the past how I have “completion issues” sometimes when it comes to projects. I’ll get 90% of the job done, then lose interest.

We’ve been in our “new” house for almost 11 years now. The people who built the house didn’t put any cable TV or phone jacks in the upstairs bedrooms, which I thought was going to be a major nuisance when our kids got computers in their rooms. Of course, that was in the old dial-up modem days, so it turned out to be a non-issue Read more

My Little Woodworker

Written on August 18, 2008 at 12:45 pm , by Lucas Peters

Who is Lucas?

Written on September 12, 2007 at 4:51 pm , by Lucas Peters

Hello, I’m the new guy. Lucas Peters, at your service. I’m the brand new Multimedia Editor here at WOOD Magazine. Among other things, it will be my job to greatly expand the subject matter and number of videos that WOOD offers on the WOODVision section of Woodmagazine.com.

I figured my blog would be as good a place as any to tell you about myself. And, as this is a magazine, I’ll need to polish up my journalism skills anyway, so let’s do an interview … Read more