Lonnie Bird, a professional woodworker specializing in period furniture, runs a woodworking school in Dandridge, Tennessee. Jeff Jewitt is a professional finisher and refinisher in Cleveland, Ohio, and a contributing editor toFine Woodworking. Thomas Lie-Nielsen is the founder and owner of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks which manufactures high quality hand tools. Andy Rae, from Asheville, North Carolina, is a professional woodworker who writes frequently for woodworking magazines and teaches woodworking. Gary Rogowski, a contributing editor toFine Woodworking, operates his own school, the Northwest Furniture Studio, in Portland, Oregon.
Robert Settich writes extensively on woodworking and home improvement topics. His writing, photographs, and designs have appeared in leading magazines and on television.