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Walking to work, the sea below is at full tide and so the swans and geese remain in the fields until it retreats. Curlews in flocks forage the fields also, but as soon as the tide changes they will return to the sand of the beach surrounding the estuary of

No matter what you might think. No matter the flourish and flick of the magician plane salesman's wrist,  or the expert presentation of magazine writers or the gurus of woodworking shows, planes remain an evolutionary work in progress. Planes come in a wide range of shapes and sizes,

New Legacy USA Another friend and fellow woodworker, Nick, timberframes structures of all shapes and sizes to create buildings that last and he’s very much a part of a new work in New York that will begin in the New Year. This timberframed structure believe it or not is

I took some time out for a walk, to see the Autumn in its final month. The atmosphere still feels charged with October's seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness as I walk (John Keat's poem of 1820). Sunday is always a good day for a walk

My Hope chest progress up to Saturday evening. I just wondered what time it would take averaged over three mortises so I set the stopwatch on my iPhone and clocked the time at 9 minutes and 20 seconds working steadily with no breaks and allowing no time for moving the

How can wood resist the cut of sharpened steel that splits and separates the fibres deep? Cells tight-held resist and yet then as if commanded yield quick to split and riving deepens beyond my gaze chased by the chisels wedged edge. How can the densest wood resist the cut of