The Woodshop Shed 10 07 2013

Tomorrow, I Want to Hear that Snake Hiss

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During the first three hours of my my class on building a trestle table, here are the statements I heard the students say the most. I cannot design. I can't draw. I can't come up with original ideas. I will just copy an existing design. Today is Tuesday. It's only the second day of the

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All for Want of a Proper Shop

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My second-floor shop is freakishly neat. The bench is mostly bare and the majority of my hand tools are stashed in my chest. The overflow hand tools (yes, I have maybe one or two) are in various boxes or hanging neatly on the wall. On the other side of the room, my computer desk has

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The Practical Woodworker Now Back in Print

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Ive put my neck on the line with our newest offering, a soup-to-nuts reprint of The Practical Woodworker four-volume set edited by Bernard Jones (circa 1915). There was no question that the material was worth reprinting, because while no one book (or set of books) is truly comprehensive, this one comes pretty close

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