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Where life and progress is slower, but satisfying

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March 11, 2023 Projects

An award winning console table

The daughter of some family friends recently got married, and as is our modus operandi, Maja and I chose to

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December 19, 2022 Projects

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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November 19, 2022 Projects

A wedding wall cabinet

A close friend of one of our children, who became somewhat of a surrogate daughter, and a rather cheeky one

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June 4, 2022 Projects

A Console Table for Two

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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May 29, 2022 Projects / Turning

Turning the Kissing Forrest

Many months ago, I glued up some Tasmanian Blackwood and Huon Pine offcuts for I know not what. But on

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May 22, 2022 Projects

First attempts at carving.

I am attracted to the idea of carving. It’s a fairly artistic endeavour, which doesn’t come naturally so a good

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October 4, 2021 Projects

The boat which hangs on our wall

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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March 1, 2021 Projects

The Huon Trophy

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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November 7, 2020 Projects

Hanging wall cabinets – forging individual history into a combined future.

Two friends of our eldest daughter, whom we have known since primary school got married earlier this year. My wife

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June 10, 2020 Projects

Attempting to [CTRL]+Z a half blind draw-bored mortice and tenon

This post could also be titled “How draw bored mortice and tenons took me from hero to zero in fifteen

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