Changing Lives Through Hand Work
…isolated and removed. I start a new class today. It’s a non-industrial arts class free of white noise and filled with real pulses of rhythmic woodworking. We will live throughout…
…isolated and removed. I start a new class today. It’s a non-industrial arts class free of white noise and filled with real pulses of rhythmic woodworking. We will live throughout…
…start only with dimensioned pieces of wood. Eric (right and below) is of course as pleased as punch with the completion of his three projects. His membership of woodworkingmasterclassess.com really…
…Because I have lived my life as woodworker full-time for 50 years this coming February, I can say that what I have discovered makes woodworking a dream come true. It…
…and other big box companies. Using machines took out the risk of making normally associated with craftsmanship and took away the heart of craftwork. Dumbing down skill of course meant…
…I’m glad for my work. Many here recently commented that work in the workshop had become their sanity in the face of a two-year pandemic. Unable to work away from…
…to short circuit the learning curve without compromising the quality. Our commonwoodworking.com site has helped hundreds of thousands to better understand the basics of woodworking and so too our subscription…
…make the corresponding markings. Drilling pilot holes perpendicular to any surface freehand is difficult if you want to get consistently accurate results. In the case of this router plane, accuracy…
…any different? The post yesterday was more about the softness of using old planes. Old doesn’t affect us like say a computer might or a computer game both of which…
…work together to first enter the tree at the point where divided stems fill with water and wind driven particles that compost in that crotch. A weak point develops and…
…of growth in 2 3/4” and think then of the scots pine I just counted the rings of and think of the density one grew in rather than the freestanding…
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