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How I started the UK school This is my second school to start from scratch. I would that I could say I launched New Legacy from the freedom of excess money, you know, disposable income and such.         I remember clearly the cold snowy January I chose to make my benches

There are two types of shine I know. One is the shine of newness, the other the shine of oldness. The new shine is unproved in use; I hesitate to pick it up and bring it to task. The other, the old, has the shine of constant usage, it'

Some of you will come to the longer month long summer course we offer next July so I thought I would post a few pictures to show you where we are. The region is a state of outstanding beauty, a title bestowed by the European Union, and has many wonderful

Magazine mis-informants Well, here is another misinformed misinformant. What I am concerned about is that what is discussed here becomes accepted fact. In this article the writer gives the impression that it was a cabinetmaker’s practice to use saw kerfs to relieve the bow in thick tabletops.   Whereas it

I have given some thought to ads in mags. Think of magazines as a central hub around which a community of woodworking enthusiasts thrives alongside those who engineer their perceived needs. Of course, alongside legitimate spheres will be a sort of parasitic community of little substance wanting a piece of

I walked through the woodlands and grounds to Penrhyn Castle workshop this morning. Mist from the sea rolled in with the tide and soon the mottled sky of blue and cloud disappeared. Dew clung to the leaves as I walked until I entered the woodland where it was quite dry