Closing the Castle for Christmas
The new Joiner’s toolbox filming is done My days are filled with different but interconnected events where I research and develop ideas, restore many things, design furniture pieces for training…
The new Joiner’s toolbox filming is done My days are filled with different but interconnected events where I research and develop ideas, restore many things, design furniture pieces for training…
…developing curriculum, filming and research combined with hands on training and even two current apprenticeships (with four more on the way) exemplifying my ultimate passion for continued training for all….
…alternative but ultimately surgery I took charge of my life and made a simple change to my diet. Though that took a huge effort and much research but it changed…
…many of the complexities associated with chair making where the joinery has many complex angles needing awkward shoulder lines with mitred tenons, twin rails, stretchers and so on. In my…
…still making at the workbench in non-commercial, non-industrial ways. I took myself off of the conveyor belt almost before the start button was pushed way back half a century ago….
…creates its own unique texture. Counting the cost of any work must be assessed prior to commencement because knowing you have what it takes to complete it is important. Any…
Yesterday seemed almost surreal. Just as digital cameras don’t make many of us photographers and computers cannot make every individual a printer or publisher, massive machines will never make us…
I really liked this photograph of some of the planes I have used on my testings, experiments and research. All too often we are taught things…
…are saying that alternative ways of gaining higher education will continue in years to come and indeed explode to unrecognisable proportions as internationally, countries around the world follow what Britain…
…in kit sets, (I usually tell people to avoid so-called starter kits) but my search ended last week when I visited Highland Woodworking. This is one of my designs in…
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