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There was a gentleness about him––a gentle settledness, I'd say, really. His frailness belied the determined outlook of this now shrunken man who said little, but when he spoke, and said what he said, no one else spoke, for after he'd spoken, there was nothing

I thought about all of the woodworking joints that I must've made with no use of a machine, along with the few thousands of others I have machined in making my production line products. For several years, I made around 100 walking canes a week using a single

...is it perfect? How is perfect or perfection defined, and is it even definable? I often ask myself this question, being as I use the word so often in my day. Riding my bike here and there to do most of what I do outdoors, come to an obstacle, negotiate

It's a seamless transition for a maker to slip through each of his days knowing the direction ahead and identifying every obstacle he knows he'll face long, long before he gets there. That carcase, in some ways, might be mistaken in its spelling where a word

When I cut the dovetail and sank the screw into the countersunk seating, I knew the joint settled tight that way would annoy some and not those that knew the reason behind the pull-power beyond the inventor-man's invention 2,500 years ago. This "father of mechanics"

My life working wood spans 60 years. It's a long time to have worked it six days a week and for longer working days than most: ten- to 12-hour days for much of my life was quite normal and often longer. The important thing is this ingredient: I

. . . for better health, strength and stamina. Wood works for health and welfare when your hands or on the right tools, and you use all of your own energy and skill in the doing of it. Of the sharpening of many edges there is no end and yet, every tool I