Woodworking Experts
Why Experts Matter
The Journal features America’s leading woodworking authorities
True experts bring authority and credibility to a publication’s voice. Editor in Chief Rob Johnstone has made it his mission to attract the top woodworking experts in the country to our pages. Michael Dresdner, Ian Kirby, Chris Marshall, Sandor Nagyszalanczy and George Vondriska are featured regularly in the pages of Woodworker’s Journal. In 2005, woodturning expert Betty Scarpino joined our happy crew of known and trusted woodworking authorities.
By featuring down-to-earth experts on a regular basis, Woodworker’s Journal has become the most trusted voice in the woodworking community. Through our writers’ experience, insights and unique knowledge, we’re able to inspire and motivate readers to pursue their passion and increase their skills. Not to mention providing the most up-to-date and complete tool reviews and round-ups in print.
Ian Kirby:
Ian is the dean of our woodworking writers. A master craftsman and expert in the British Arts & Crafts tradition, he has been teaching and writing about woodworking for more than three decades.
Michael Dresdner:
Michael is our nationally known print and Internet finishing guru. With over 30 years of writing experience, including the The New Wood Finishing Book, he is the most trusted woodworking name in finishing.
Sandor Nagyszalanczy:
Furniture designer, woodworker, photographer and writer, Sandor is one of the best known authors in our field. As our regular contributor, he has covered everything from tool maintenance to philosophy!
Betty Scarpino:
Our woodturning expert has serious work in the Smithsonian's Renwick Museum and is internationally known in her craft.
A great teacher, she is alwasy quick to point out to our readers "Don’t forget to have fun!"
Chris Marshall:
Woodworker’s Journal field editor is a rising star in the galaxy of woodworking authors. With books on routers and table saws under his belt, he has become our go-to guy for tool reviews and projects.
George Vondriska:
The Journal’s newest contributing editor is indeed a “woodworker’s woodworker.” He is proprietor of his own woodworking school, a tool tester with unchallengeable credentials as well as a fine craftsman.
Rob Johnstone:
Our Editor in Chief has been a woodworker for most of his life — in his dad’s cabinet shop, as a luthier and as proprietor of his own studio. Over the last 10 years, he's attracted woodworking’s top talent to the Journal.
Ian Kirby: Ian is a master craftsman trained in the British Arts and Crafts tradition. He’s the author of many books on various aspects of woodworking and woodworking machinery and is acknowledged as a master woodworker.
Michael Dresdner:Michael is known as the finishing guru of the print and Internet worlds, with over 20 years of experience. He is also the author of The New Wood Finishing Book.
Sandor Nagyszalanczy: Sandor designs furniture and is the author of nine books, including Power Tools. He covers a variety of topics, from tools to project construction, for our readers.
Betty Scarpino: Betty has been turning wood for over 30 years and has spoken on the topic at the Smithsonian Institution and at the International Woodturning Symposium.
Chris Marshall: Chris, a rising star in the world of woodworking, is one of our contributing editors. He regularly tackles both tool review and project articles. He is in much demand and has a table saw book under his belt.
George Vondriska: George, the Journal’s newest contributing editor, is indeed a “woodworker’s woodworker.” He’s fulfilled his youthful ambition to become a shop teacher, teaching classes to adult woodworkers at the Wild Earth School. He’s also made three woodworking videos, holds a patent on a woodworking tool, and has taught woodworking in Swaziland as a member of the Peace Corps.
Rob Johnstone:Rob has been making sawdust in one form or another for most of his life. Editor of Woodworker’s Journal for nearly 10 years, he’s managed to attract the top talent in the field to our pages during his tenure.
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