Loving Amateurism-Keeping it Alive!
…realms of woodworking. The group as a whole is really quite inclusive and when you find a group coming together there isn’t any standoffishness about those gathered. Rarely is it…
…realms of woodworking. The group as a whole is really quite inclusive and when you find a group coming together there isn’t any standoffishness about those gathered. Rarely is it…
…than £1 depending on where you buy your materials and whether you use identical parts or not. Set up is simple enough and you end up with some very professional…
…two world wars conditioned people to not question change and certainly not to complain. Looking at what we have today in the average saw handle pumped out with all of…
I look through my journals of ten years ago and enjoy reading what I was doing on the equivalent day compared to today. Ten years ago I was teaching and…
…myself, but most of the guys who fawn over hand woodworking have never even finished a complete piece, where I finish many in a single week.” I receive such comments…
…“This’ll work, surely.” After all, all the component parts seemed to be there. The reason I picked this one out is because someone messaged me and asked me if they…
…taught this system since I developed it in 1995 and it still holds good. No other comes close and I love it. These new-found friends are a joy to be…
…all day long to the same spec, machines like routers combined with jigs, though it gets very old fast, will give you the competitive edge. The problem comes when everyone…
…course, but the comments to my recent blogs surrounding the question of how we perpetuate craft and the art we pursue in the doing of it shows that people outside…
…wooden components. I tried to imagine what would have come up with the Mary Rose had everything m[been made from MDF. Of course it’s a hideously characterless product developed yet…
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