Steve Brown

Steve Brown has been an instructor in the Cabinet and Furniture Making Department at North Bennet Street School for 13 years, serving as the program’s head for nine. He also is the technical adviser and a frequent guest on the WGBH television show Rough Cut: Woodworking with Tommy Mac.

Phil Lowe: A craftsman and gentleman

February 19, 2021

Two woodworkers, Will Neptune and Steve Brown, remember their mentor.
7 Questions with Steve Brown

October 5, 2018

Steve answers life's most important questions, like, what is your favorite tool?
Compound-Angle Tenons on the Tablesaw

September 26, 2018

The angled joinery where the posts and seat rails meet is one of the challenges of making a Chippendale chair. Steve Brown tackles it with the aid of two ingenious jigs that simplify the process.
Building a Chippendale Chair

September 26, 2018

The combination of angles and curves in a Chippendale-style chair can seem complex, but the techniques needed are not out of reach.
How to Measure a Chair

August 24, 2018

NBSS instructor Steve Brown demonstrates how to create full-size drawings from an original chair.
One Cabriole Leg, Three Different Feet

July 26, 2018

A step-by-step guide to creating three distinct period feet for the cabriole leg.
Use a Pencil to Lay Out Chamfers

February 5, 2014

Q: What’s the best tool for laying out a nice, even chamfer all around a workpiece: a marking gauge or a pencil? Isaac Sanders, Starkville, MS A: For this type of…
Layout: When Pencil Beats Knife

December 8, 2011

For accurate dovetails and hinge mortises, you’re better off with the humble pencil
The North Bennet Street Toolbox Project Plan

October 28, 2010

Learn what the students learn as you build a handsome home for your hand-tool collection.
Compound Angles Without Math

October 1, 2002

Simple set-up block dials in tablesaw settings for accurate butt and miter joints

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