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The result of me showing the difference between a newly arrived gents saw and then one touched up with a half stroke from a fine saw file to each gullet met mostly with wonder and hope from 98% of those following to learn and better understand. Then there's

. . . to start a fire A single log rarely burns when started alone without the input of something else to cause the burn. Most fires end when one log burns through too early if two logs are used: the second log relies on the outgassing from its partnered log that'

. . . you might just miss it! I can't even begin to tell you how many pieces Hannah makes in her workspace here at the shop. It always includes presents for friends and family, anything from turned bowls to carved dishes engraved with the names of bride and groom. Or

. . . the summer heat beat down and the earth beat back up. August, September, where the sun beats down heavily with increasing power and from the weeks and months before the earth radiates relentlessly back long after the day's end. Relief comes only beneath the live oak's

I have a few different quick-release (QR) vises installed on workbenches here at the workshops. Eleven workbenches replete with 9" wide vises opening to between 11-15" in all. Through the years the old Record vises have all worked to a consistently high standard alongside my many Wodens and

I'm a lucky man, really. And by lucky, I mean that the decisions I made were made possible by my early choosing of my vocational calling. That's of key importance to remember. You see, luck plays nothing in the grand scheme of things. It wasn'