Albert Kleine was featured in a Fine Woodworking Podcast!
Plane Wellness Teachers
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Albert Kleine is a well known Instagram and Facebook Content Creator and woodworker. He is specifically known for his amazing marquetry skills. Albert is currently working on a book with Fox Chapel Publishing on building boxes the book is expected to be released in 2025.
Check out his Instagram, Facebook, Box Making Book, and Shop Talk Live Podcast
Christopher Sexton stumbled back into woodworking after too much time spent in front of computers. A lifelong maker, he worked in a cabinet shop as a teenager—which strongly motivated him to get an engineering degree. While working with computers funds the obsession, he turned to woodworking as a much-needed break from screens. He quickly fell headfirst into hand tool woodworking and has been cutting joinery and restoring vintage planes ever since.
Christopher is a woodshop steward at Nova Labs, a large makerspace just outside of DC, where he teaches woodworking classes, runs a monthly hand tool meetup, and makes furniture. He’s spent hundreds of hours bringing old tools back to life and will do his best to pass along both hard-earned knowledge and a healthy respect for penetrating oil.
Check out his Website
Elizabeth Weber: Born and raised in Tennessee, Elizabeth she first specialized in engineering, earning an M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In 2015 she began woodworking with her first creations including several pieces of furniture in the Arts and Crafts style, but she eventually turned to smaller objects and now specializes in bowls, spoons, and boxes. Her skills range from natural finish and simple forms to highly carved and painted forms that emulate natural motifs. Elizabeth teaches woodturning and woodworking around the country and serves as club president for her local woodturning club, the Seattle Woodturners. She also helped start the local spoon club, Seattle Spoon Club, back in 2019.
Eric Meyer Maker is a well know YouTube Content Creator and Tool Maker. His channel focuses on shop tips, tricks and jigs, as well as build projects and tool making. Eric is also a Plane Wellness Sponsor. A percentage of every sale he makes is donated directly to Plane Wellness. He sells Lady Leg Calipers, Plane Adjusting Hammers, and Custom-Made Hand Planes!
Gary Rogowski, the Director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio, opened the doors of his shop to offer classes to the public in 1997. As a teacher and builder of fine furniture in Portland since 1974, he has a wealth of information and knowledge to share with others. His goal in opening the Studio was to create a place where people from novice to practiced woodworkers could build work that was well designed and well made. Furniture that had honesty to it and soul.
His latest book is entitled, Handmade, Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction, Linden Publishing, 2017. His book The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery was released by Taunton Press in 2002 and still remains a valuable resource for woodworkers.
His podcast Splinters is available here on the NWS website.
James Wright is famous for his YouTube channel known as Wood By Wright. He started woodworking with his father and made it his life’s mission to teach the craft to others. James is well known for exclusive hand tool use, besides the occasional appearance of his Demon Possessed Yellow Brace (Power Drill).
Check out his “How To” YouTube, “ASMR” YouTube, and his Website.
Jeff Warshafsky is known for his inventions and planes known as REED Planes. Jeff is an out of the box thinker and invented many items that have increased the performance, quality, and functionality of hand planes. He also has innovative skills and techniques that solve issues many woodworkers run into while engaging in the craft.
Shea Alexander is a full-time, professional woodworker creating over 60 pieces of substantial furniture a year. He is known for creating beautiful pieces with hand carved accents. Shea has build everything from chairs to stool, tables to dressers, and more!
Stacey Lewis: Working with tools has always been a part of my life. I started carpentry during my teenage years remodeling old homes. I studied Electronics Engineering in college and later became a telcom executive for most of my career. Woodworking was present throughout and today I’m a full time woodworker and content creator based in Mississippi. Teaching allows me to focus on what I love vs what clients want. Working with hand tools has always been a passion accompanied by a few power tools for balance. I’m excited to work worth Plane Wellness in sharing woodworking and it’s many benefits to anyone willing to learn.