…dogging the status quo One thing that I have noticed through the years is that America is a dog-loving nation, more so than even Britain and most European countries. Walk into an American workshop where woodworking takes place and you will see dogs on the bench top and in the sides and ends of benchtops….
Our Online Course continues We launched the next series in our Online Broadcast today and I had hoped to do a preparatory blog before it launched, but traveling the globe has its drawbacks. It’s fantastic!!! This will be another design I developed for skill building and made from solid oak so here is the link…
… “two countries divided by a common language.” Of America and Europe the differences are so hugely diverse I could never even begin. I think that it would be true to say that cultural differences in woodworking separate the continents of North America from Europe in some measure too. I know that the UK is…
I so enjoyed the show yesterday and I think the visitors did too by all accounts. Of course this has always been a commercial show with vendors bringing product to market be it woodworking magazines or resin finishes, but there is of course a symbiosis between people presenting something that others need and those needing…
Another YouTube video up for you to watch and learn from One thing I forgot to mention is that we posted the making a of a shooting board on our YouTube account here. So if you want to make one of these essential additions to workshop equipment this method shows you step by step how…
Buying timber in the UK is not as easy as it is in the US. here I am spoiled, there it can be more a chore. Oh! Yes, I mean timber, by the way. Terminology is different in the UK than the US. Lumber in the US is what you buy when you build your…
New Jersey Show starts today It seems a little strange to be here in Somerset, New Jersey and waking up in hotel rooms again. It’s much colder than the UK, but the roads are clear and it’s been bright and sunny since I arrived. Yesterday I set up most of what I needed and this…
We just concluded the opening woodworkingmasterclasses series on dovetail making. I customized the intro projects to make them interesting because I thought making them had greater value as an opening level dovetail primer. At the same time, I liked the idea that instead of simply making a lone joint we would all have something designed…
Identifying trees by their bark We woodworkers often see the wood only as processed product in the form of planks, beams, billets and boards. That may be enough, but in my work teaching and training i think it’s important to take a more holistic approach to better understand some…
The castle workshop seems very different than where I will be tomorrow. Today we concluded filming before my return to the US early in the morning. Filming this week was great and very important to our training program with the online broadcast, but today was top notch for me. In this coming series we introduce…