A sharp chisel making thin wood shavings while crafting a mitered dovetail

A number of mortises made for a kitchen counter

Detailing front door moldings in oak

Double mortise and tenon parts showing clean lines and well-done proportions

Door frame joinery made in a traditional manner

Joinery for a round table planed flush with the surface

A round piece of timber additionally strengthening the leg-to-tabletop connection

Low table base waiting for the finishing process

Pile of oak boards in the process of machining

Auxiliary board serving as a cutting support on the table saw

Dovetail joint in its rough state waiting to be planed flat

Bookmatching two walnut planks into a round table top

Finishing a dovetailed cabinet in oak with a traditional Japanese plane

Mitered dovetail joint from up close showing precise craftsmanship

A handheld router being used in the cabinetmaking process

Male part of a mortise and tenon joint used between two wide boards of a future cabinet

Female part of a mitered dovetail joint used between two wide boards of a future cabinet

Complex joinery used on a kitchen counter post

Female parts of double mortise & tenon joints

A brass door knob installed on an entry door

A close-up of a wedged mortise & tenon joint in process

A detail on a front door in solid oak

Traditional heavy-duty hinges in solid brass being installed on a door frame

Heavy woodworking clamps being used in the door glueing process

A special table saw jig being used in the production of precise wooden wedges

A male part of a double mortise and tenon joint for a front door

Precise traditional joinery for holding together a door frame in solid oak

Fine measuring equipment being used in machinery adjustment

A beautiful Wadkin mortiser from 1974 used in everyday production

A protruding joint part on a black walnut table base being cut off with a hand saw

Wedges in contrasting wood, here black walnut on oak, making an interesting visual detail

Hand turned cabinet legs waiting to be installed

A cabinet leg receiving a groove for the wedge

A custom lamp stand being glued together

A stack of oak shorts waiting to be transformed into floating stair treads

Dovetail joint being cut on the table saw

Black walnut butterflies / bow ties waiting to be inlaid

A one-of-a-kind black walnut root section roughly shaped with a chainsaw into a future monument

Black walnut root monument being power washed prior to air-drying

Black walnut root monument in the last stage of rough shaping

A hint of a mysterious figure on a roughly sawn black walnut surface

A black walnut root slab abundant with attractive irregularities

Woodworker holding and observing a black walnut root slice

A black walnut root, full of rocks and dirt, pictured from downside

A black walnut root positioned for cleaning, washing and rough dimensioning

Woodworker admiring the greatest walnut ever encountered

A walnut tree dug out with an excavator

Walnut log taken down using an industrial excavator

A walnut log being thoroughly washed prior to sawing

Woodworker cuts through the walnut log with a chainsaw in order to make it suitable for sawmilling

Woodworker using a very powerful chainsaw to cut a walnut log in half

Walnut log in the process of cutting in half

Walnut half log being cut on an industrial vertical bandsaw in a nearby village

Walnut half log being cut at the local sawmill

A pear log unloaded in the log yard

A pear slab displaying exotic red heartwood

An offcut of a very rare walnut log showing rich color and intricate graining

A walnut tree about to be taken down

Small sapwood ring, curly figuring and distinctive black heartwood of another promising walnut plank

A short but wide walnut log waiting on a trailer for further transport

A log of walnut being hauled on-to a trailer using an electrical winch

A log of walnut being hauled on-to a trailer using an electrical winch

Sawdust being cleaned off a walnut slab

Tremendous grain complexity and color depth of yet another fascinating walnut

A century-old dead walnut being prepared for the salvaging process

Woodworker cutting through the side roots with a chainsaw

A century-old walnut log together with its root section

Root section of a century-old walnut displaying very dark and abundant black heartwood

Woodworkers admiring a century-old log

Beautiful black heartwood on a century-old walnut saved just in time before the onset of natural decay

A century-old walnut log about to be unloaded in the log yard

Meticulously prepared walnut log about to be forklifted on the sawmill

Slabs of a century-old walnut being carefully debarked and washed prior to air drying

Spectacular live edge on slabs from a century-old walnut

Huge ash log cut down beside the local road

A chainsaw stuck while cutting through a huge ash log

Professional arborist making critical cuts in a huge ash log

A fresh cut reveals stunning color of a walnut log found in the close neighborhood

Two bookmatched walnut slabs standing side to side

A flawless plank of walnut waiting to be debarked

An attractive slab of walnut being studied by the craftsman

An oiled walnut offcut saved from a firewood pile

A walnut log air drying in "boule" form

A dead walnut tree about to be salvaged

A dead walnut tree about to be salvaged

Woodworker digging under the tree in order to expose the roots

Woodworker carefully cutting through the side root of a walnut tree

A walnut log taken down together with its root section

A walnut log about to be hauled on the trailer

Woodworker securing a log in order to be properly transported

Bookmatched planks of walnut leaning on the thickness planer

Cherry log drying for years in "boule" form

Solid walnut blocks drying in the wood shed

An appealing walnut slab of superb color and graining

A short but wide mulberry log drying in the open

Woodworker inspecting a storm-felled walnut

A bicycle leaning on a pile of stickered planks

Mulberry and pear offcuts leaning on the sawdust shed

Crotch section of a walnut log showing promising black heartwood

One-of-a-kind walnut slab being admired in the log yard

Woodworkers maneuvering wide slabs of freshly sawn walnut

Sawn logs of several wood species waiting to be stacked and stickered

Promising "marble" figure revealed by a fresh chainsaw cut

A promising walnut log ready for sawmilling

Usual early spring scenery depicting logs sawn through and through

Live edge suggesting heavy curl figure inside an ash log

Roughly flattened round walnut slab moistened with water showing lovely grain patterns

Pear log with a hole from a freshly pulled out nail

Nails are common in trees from people's yards