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Steady on now!
Ok, calm down. You all (both of you) know that I prefer and promote hand tool woodworking, or as I often call it Pre-Industrial Woodworking. But i’m getting old (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it), 62, my back is all achy, knuckles scream and hurt etc. And since I don’t have and can’t…
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Brainstorming a “Whatsit?”
In the above video there are a bunch of tools that you might recognize. and one or two that are unusual. like the twyble with the bent tips.. at the end he makes a flax break with te tools that he sharpens. In another film like this a gentleman make a spinning wheel and then…
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Today at Ft Mifflin 26/1/23
Today’s challenge: turn a large jar into a butter churn… Prep some stock Fit jar lid into stock for the top. Make the dasher’s cross piece. Sand, trim, polish with beeswax and mineral oil mixture. And VIOLETS!! A nice butter churn from a 1.5 gallon jar! (chair is not one of mine) Bee well Go…
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Gloomy day at the wildlife refuge.
Overcast, clouds dragging on the ground. Good thing I brought some light reading Go make somethingBe well
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potential large job coming up.
keep an eye out here. Book cases around existing fireplace. go make something.
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Fort Mifflin
Hi; I have been doing some volunteer work over at Ft Mifflin for a while now. They (ok just Beth Beatty, the Director) have talked me into “working” part time on the repair projects all over the place… literally everywhere. It’s an impossible job. The site needs a crew of at least 5 persons to…
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Craft Shows
Good morning, some of you know I do some nearby craft shows. Last weekend I was at Linvilla Orchards. This weekend I have been at the Greenwich Historical Society’s show in southern NJ, (Greenwich,NJ) Sold several things last week, sold one spoon yesterday, lol. To me it’s not about the selling, I view it as…
The Broken Tradition
my musings on woodworking and other things I do.
