The daughter of some family friends recently got married, and as is our modus operandi, Maja and I chose to
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Turning bumblebee houses
In the words of one of our neighbours, we won the neighbour lottery. Sometimes it feels like we live in
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A close friend of one of our children, who became somewhat of a surrogate daughter, and a rather cheeky one
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Another young person we’ve watched grow up recently got married, which called for something a little special. Like other wedding
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Many months ago, I glued up some Tasmanian Blackwood and Huon Pine offcuts for I know not what. But on
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I am attracted to the idea of carving. It’s a fairly artistic endeavour, which doesn’t come naturally so a good
Continue reading#60½ Block plane ruminations
If the woodworking communities’ hive mind were to choose a pantheon of gods to worship, I think the #60½ block
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For many years we’ve had our TV hanging on a wall in our living room. It was a practical solution,
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Nearly a year ago I bought and restored an old 1980s Woodfast lathe. I realised pretty quickly that constantly changing
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Over January our family helped lead a youth camp, in which we introduced a bunch of grade 9-12 kids to
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