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From Entry Monday 6th February 2017 My journal preferences I am often asked about my journals, where I get them from and so on. When I lived in the USA I began using these for two main reasons. One, the smoothness of the paper - I didn’t want texture

From Entry Monday 6th February 2017 Question: First, THANK YOU! A careful inspection of the pictures reveal the following list of tools.Notebook pencil tape measure brush oil can square hammer a couple of clamps a set of chisels 2 bench planes 2 router planes 2 saws set of sharping

From Journal  Entry Saturday 4th February 2017 ...the More I Receive Through the years I have been engaged in training new-genre woodworkers from all backgrounds and I find myself ever-learning that communication is more about listening than whatever I might say. Mostly it's something I’ve learnt from

I've learned many things through my encounters with woodworkers through the decades. Amateurs have many characteristics the more notable is their willingness to talk about their aspirations to improve their skill levels and their knowledge and then their willingness to share their gain with others whether likeminded or

This week I finally applied the closing coats of finish to my three-drawer chest. It's quite a long process taking it from the early design stage through prototyping. It's important that the final piece fits the plan and on a larger project like this one, one

Well, anyway, I saw the square standing in the corner of my final drawer of my dresser-cum-chester-draw build as I had left it and remembered George, my old apprenticing mentor from 1965, who did the same thing. I had noticed every so often he'd leave a square on