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…boy, girl, man, woman in search without knowing they are searching or seeking. The teacher at HMC Rotterdam (the vocational college of furniture making I think) in the Netherlands had…
…boy, girl, man, woman in search without knowing they are searching or seeking. The teacher at HMC Rotterdam (the vocational college of furniture making I think) in the Netherlands had…
By the lake, a well-worn walkway slips and slides underfoot as I search the still water’s edge for voles. They seem less prevalent now, the different types, than when I…
…Company in Sheffield is responsible for now making these saw blades. It states that the company they are purporting to be dates back to 1828. Almost two centuries. Somehow, it…
…in developing more non-commercial methods for working wood. These methods of work often work just as as well and even better than commercial ones because they suit the small shop,…
…variety of complex issues new woodworkers struggle through in developing their first substantive project. In this particular case (literally) we have complex issues surrounding the making of larger scale dovetailed…
…come naturally in most of our western culture today but I am not talking of servanthood so much as using my skills for the common good of all. We like…
…worked hard in my trade exams, manual work was nothing more than digging ditches or stacking supermarket shelves. Now that we have lost the levels of craftsmanship once common in…
…it is fun to pull shavings from the throat of any plane when it just keeps coming and coming like magicians scarf from a hat. There at the various workbenches,…
…if I want/need it! My prototype is coming together and as I complete each of the pieces for our continuing sellershome.com designs I feel a deep sense of satisfaction at…
…been bettered and in some cases completely reversed. One of the greatest effects has been to see people come out of substance abuse and drug addiction. And then there are…
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