IF ONLY I WERE TALENTED ……… I’d cut great dovetails!
Summer hols are on the horizon so it’s time to consider some important questions; ‘Will Easy Jet bankrupt me if I attempt to check in a windsurfer?’; ‘Is this really...
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GROOVING WITH TWIN HEADLIGHTS! Everyone’s a sucker for twin headlights aren’t they?
My very first car, a Ford Consul Classic, had twin headlights, they were one of its most alluring features, that and the front bench seat and column gear-change. No one...
TOOL PORN! Do I really need every plane in the catalogue?
It seems there are only a handful of things in life that you can absolutely rely on, Benjamin Franklin suggested there were two, “Death and Taxes”, which is a cheery...
Sharpening – A New Slant on Angles!
Honing angles, grinding angles, cutting angles, angles of attack, frog angles, primary bevel angles, secondary bevel angles, micro bevels, back bevels………….. Confused? You should be! But don’t let yourself get...
If You Can’t Sharpen – Take Up Knitting!
It’s the subject that everyone in the world of woodwork seems to be constantly banging on about. How many jigs and gismos are there on the market apparently intended to...
Teaching – From the French Alps to the South Downs
My first foray into ‘professional’ teaching was in the unlikely setting of the ski slopes of the French Alps where I found myself in a lovely little ski resort overlooking...