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More on works in progress

More on works in progress

Today was another shop day of saneness. I finished the second drawer so that the tool chest will be ready for the show; cardboard boxes aren’t the greatest travelling protection, but they’ve got me thus far. My tool chests are full and safe behind three-foot thick Penrhyn Castle

More on work in progress

More on work in progress

Sometimes we fail to realise that we are all a work in progress. From birth to the close of life we strive to improve how we live and work and indeed improve ourselves to benefit others without realising that life in its course tempers us and makes us aware that

Work in progress USA

Work in progress USA

Last week, before the woodworking show in New Jersey, I glued up my new tool chest and had hoped to make the last drawer before the show was over but that wasn’t to be. Too busy! This week will do some more on the chest and have another training

The USA tour continues

The USA tour continues

I have found that most woodworkers I meet are really quite intense about understanding what working wood is all about and there are few venues quite like the one we had this past weekend where woodworkers can share space of time with each fellow woodworkers in a unique woodworking setting.

Creative spaces

Creative spaces

Sometimes, when I am traveling and away from home, I realise how much value there is in having a creative space in which to work and create and how intrinsic this is and always has been to my wellbeing. This is a physical, emotional, psychological condition governed as much by

The Woodworking Shows Masterclasses going well

The Woodworking Shows Masterclasses going well

The show has been great. Still three hours to go, but thought I should encourage everyone to come along and see what's cooking. This morning we past around a guitar made by Frank Klausze and had a jam session with Vic Tesolin from Veritas, Roland Johnson from Fine

USA Intensive Summer Course Dates Set

USA Summer Course—16 July—11 August 2012 I have wanted to spend an extended period with new-genre woodworkers for some time and we have created this year’s course to that end. Many woodworkers are looking for a short but highly intensive apprenticing course proactively developing hand tool skills