Chairs
I remember making my first chairs in 1968; hard for me to imagine! Patience for a variety of processes is not something you are born with and patience combined with…
I remember making my first chairs in 1968; hard for me to imagine! Patience for a variety of processes is not something you are born with and patience combined with…
I turned for a living at one time, combining my furniture making skills with lathe turning gave me bread and butter turnings I sold from the studio at my workshop…
…with too much set, about three times too much, and with teeth stamped out by machine and filed by machine. Such saw-making is sadly lacking the quality only hand filing…
…making but we adapt techniques and tools to suit size and task. The accuracy they strove for in making the trestles was impressive. Shoulders dead square in both directions and…
…and Making it Smooth At first I wasn’t sure of the wood. It was too modern to be true mahogany so I thought maybe Malaysian wood, but quickly saw it…
…woodworking are a little intimidated by the thought of making the workbench they need yet they definitely need it to get started. My workbench is a dead simple workbench to…
…making, drawing and designing and then writing and making new films that pass on the skills I and knowledge that empowers others to learn, change lifestyle, build futures and keep…
…I am sure want to build both and take care of every tool you will need in two boxes. Making Kitchen Boards By popular request we are making two types…
…or inexperienced woodworkers. Many of my daily tasks, bevelling the ends of legs, planing a drawer side, making a dovetailed drawer and such, are exponentially faster than setting up machines…
…together making films and teaching classes and making furniture in the day to day, love work and working together and sharing our workspace, creative times , woodworking tools and plans…
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