Woodworking

There is nothing like the feel of finished wood. It is organic and takes on a life of its own. My main hobby these days (when not on the computer) is working with wood. Making wooden objects provide a form for leaving a legacy to those I care most.

Introduction

Woodworking Tools I enjoy woodworking as well as working with pottery. I, like many from my generation, took "shop" class in junior high. I appreciated, then and now, my teacher Mr. Newell who was a quiet but firm man who was really patient with us guys to learn both wood and metal working. When I was in high school, I was able to learn more from him as he moved over to the high school at the same time I entered high school.

As an adult, married with children, I started working with pottery again. The problem I had was in working with clay, you wait on it working with it when it was ready. I found that woodworking was the opposite. Wood waits on you. With active kids, I couldn’t depend on being there for the clay, but the wood would patiently wait for me to pick it up again as I had time.

This woodworking section, I have some how-to tutorials that I have used in teaching woodworking classes. I also have some photo galleries that show off some of my work.

Woodworking Photo Gallery

Here are some photos of my woodworking projects.

Woodworking Tutorials

Woodworkers enjoy sharing their knowledge and experience. I’m just an intermediate woodworker who enjoys the craft. Here is a list of tutorial papers I have prepared in the past to teach woodworking classes. You are welcomed to download and hopefully learn something from them.

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