The quarterly magazine · published since 2008 Pins & Tales
Where the journal is long-form research, Pins & Tales is what's happening across the chapters — the visiting maker at the New England meeting, the study group on hand-cut dovetails, the Makers Challenge entries that just came in, the maker who finally finished a Federal sideboard he's been at for two years. Published as a PDF in March, June, September, and December.
Local-chapter reporting, profiles of working builders, a calendar of what's coming up. Pins & Tales is where the community gathers each quarter.
In the Fall 2026 issue A Windsor seat scooped on the table saw, scratch stocks for a serpentine molding, and a preview of the 2026 journal.
The Fall 2026 issue opens with associate editor Matthew Shockey’s first column and David Feola’s question to members: what counts as period furniture? Wes Sunderland scoops a Windsor seat on the table saw with a shop-made jig, Michael Stiennon carves a goose-neck pediment’s serpentine molding with a set of scratch stocks, and Bob Lang previews American Period Furniture 2026 — Tim Killen’s Townsend tea table, Ray Journigan’s Cadwalader chair, and the 1 November address deadline. Chapter reports from the Ohio River Valley, Blue Ridge, Northern New England, Peach State, Rock River Valley and Great Lakes, Substack reading from Alf Sharp and Christopher Storb, and a farewell to Yale curator Patricia Kane.
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