Backyard Toys
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henrymowry
Time is the most precious thing. How do you balance everything that wants doing with everything that needs doing? When I figure that out, life will be much simpler!
Routed Bowls
Bowls are generally turned on a lathe, but there’s another technique that creates some wonderful serving pieces. These bowls have the non-bowl removed on a drill press, and then the […]
Boxes
Making a box is always a challenge … six sides, all at right angles to each other, and opposite sides to be parallel. And then the hinges! My, challenges abound. […]
Cheese Boards
Cheese boards become the center piece of many fine dinners in our home. A few cheeses, some crackers, some summer salami and a few olives … exquisite. In my view, […]
Cutting Boards: Restoration
It’s important to understand the essence of what an object is. Why does an object exist? What is it for? What’s a cutting board? Literally, a place to cut. A […]
Cutting Boards: Care & Cleaning
So you’ve used your cutting board to cut food. What do you do now? You clean it, of course! Foods on cutting boards are often raw, and raw food can […]
Cutting Boards: What Kind Do You Want?
There is a ridiculous amount of bad information about cutting boards on the ‘net. This article seeks to clear up that confusion, and report the facts about what kind of […]
Serving Pieces
Two distinct kinds of serving pieces. The first group are popularly called “surfboards” … they vaguely have a similar shape. In my opinion. But since many people have said, “they […]
Furniture
Making furniture is a challenging and rewarding pursuit. When a piece gets daily use, the craftsmanship become apparent day after day. That should be a good thing!
