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A student showed me how joinery from a woodworking class in 1962 started out. Later he showed me the writing desk he made. He went to grammar school and was channelled away from something he loved to do something more acceptable. Manual labour for him was frowned on because “academic

This is the introduction YouTube video to making my dining chair for those who want the adventure to begin. It's a video series you can join in with if you are or become a paying member of woodworkingmasterclasses.com and this membership also gives you access to hundreds

Another class finished and I made deposits in many lives over nine days in different ways and I was exhausted as I drove home this evening but I have to say it was worth every minute. As I watched yet another batch despatched with their new skills to use for

I receive more and more requests from people, young people mostly, those who have gone through normal state educational channels, looking to apprentice with me. These young people see the well intended but flawed perspectives offered in government-led and funded apprenticeships because they seek something much deeper than becoming employable

The Stanley 13-030 Three-blade Plough Plane Stanley made a series of less complex planes by shifting from cast ferrous metals to alluminium in the 60's. Extruded in long lengths in shaped sections meant a 12 foot length of alluminium could be chopped to length and refined by milling