Where is all starts…

Where is all starts…

Timber in the Northeast: Logging practices of the era; from timber cutting to the river ride for the logs. “Forests are the only renewable land resource’. Shows whole families cutting timber, women and children included. Logging

Shaker Style Candle Stand

Shaker Style Candle Stand

In this article I am going to take you through the steps of making a Shaker candle stand based on one first made in New Lebanon, NY Shaker Village in the first quarter of the 19th Century and is currently in the collection at the American Museum in Bath UK.

Trebuchet

Trebuchet

I have several trebuchets none on a scale such as the one in this video.

Fly Fishing

Fly Fishing

I have never been a keen fisherman – but as a child I did have a couple of rods and one was a wooden fly rod. This is a delightful movie about the making of a wooden fly fishing rod.

Superior Tools

Superior Tools

I know that most woodworkers would rather part with their hard earned money by buying I mean investing in hand tools – and what better place to spend that money than at Patrick Leach’s The Superior Works.

Cut Nails a Sequel

Cut Nails a Sequel

Last month I wrote about Cut nails – this is a follow-up with a video by the highly skilled and entertaining James Hamilton aka Stumpy Nubs. Enjoy