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Spatulas arrayed on the kitchen floor... It starts with a spatula, or something like a whirligig, usually, woodworking with hand tools, I mean; for children. It's how I started my children working with hand tools in woodworking. You know, you're three or four years old and

In applying a film finish to a finished piece of woodwork, shrink and stretch are two sides to the same coin. I wanted to show Hannah how a finish shrinks and stretches itself to a surface when you see only brush marks or an unevenness after spraying. Below you see

I wrote 'woodworking' in the square, right after maths, Eng, Geog and P.E. I wasn’t sure what it meant to me, meant for me, I couldn’t see at all, but the first day in that bench-filled, wood-filled, tool-filled classroom was about to change the course

Question: Hi Paul, I've invested financially and time wise in gaining training for joinery and bench work but need the ongoing experiencer to carry me through to become an experienced craftsman. I have tried to find a place I can work with a qualified craftsman but no one

...outside of attending my lectures that only happened at two venues this year. Periodically we update our subscribed woodworkers on issues we don't post elsewhere. Woodworkingmasterclasses.com is our interactive group of woodworkers who love hand tool woodworking and want to master their skills. The audience continually grows

Hannah has been working with me since December for a day or two a week and then working in the classes we have too. She has just finished the construction of her home workbench, which she started two weeks ago. This one follows my latest pattern and dismantles for her