From "Laminating Curves" by Rob Hare. Fine Woodworking Magazine, June 1997.
A couple I know wanted a special table... They looked at possible designs and settled on one with delicately tapered legs of wenge that curved outward at the corners. The legs needed to be strong and graceful, with grain lines that emphasized their curved shape. I worked through my options for making the legs and chose a technique I call bundle laminating.…
From "Pairing Wood and Metal" by Zachary Gaulking. Home Furniture Magazine, Jan 1997.
Trained as an artist and sculptor, Hare didn't stop to think whether
he could be as deft with a chisel as he was with a cutting torch. He
moves
around his
studio as if it were a single universe. "It never occurred to me that
I couldn't do both," he says.
From "Sawhorse Roundup" by Andrew Wormer. Fine Homebuilding Magazine, July, 1996.
Featuring tapered sliding dovetail joints, Rob Hare's teak sawhorse (left) is rugged enough to hold a stack of 2x6s but is probably more appropriate sporting a glass tabletop...
From "Flattening Tabletops" by Rob Hare. Fine Woodworking, Nov. 2004.
I build furniture that incorportes large slabs of wood. Early in my career, I had no access to large machines, so I developed a method for flattening large planks using windng sticks, a power planer, a marking gauge, a belt sander, and a palm sander. The process is so reliable and efficient that I continue to use it....
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