London International Woodworking Festival 2025
London IWF 2025 – I’ll Be There I’m very happy to say that I’ll be at the London International Woodworking Festival 2025 this October. It looks like it’s going to be a …
Five years, six boards and seven students
This project is a great opportunity for experienced makers to revisit some of the basics. It’s also the perfect project for beginners to learn some valuable lessons in form, construction and the working properties of timber.
Some things are inevitable
This post is a heads-up and shouldn’t really come as a surprise. As from today I’m increasing the flat rate for shipping all items sold via my website. The increases …
Marking Gauges shipping today
The first of a new batch of marking gauges, both Pin/Pencil and Cutting are leaving the workshop today. The last remaining stock has been added to the shop inventory and …
Sharpening the skewed blade on the Lowfat Roubo Cutting gauge
One of the things that held me back from producing a cutting blade version of my marking gauges was finding a suitable blade. I’m not a blade maker for a …
Five day saw sharpening seminar
As you might expect we’ve had a fair amount of interest in running this course, in fact some folk have been asking for it for a couple of years now. …
New Classes for 2019 – part 1
A few years ago I had the good fortune to work with some of the most inspirational and knowledgeable woodworking instructors you’re ever likely to meet. At times it was …
Circumstance, opportunity and other FAQs
I often wonder if choosing such an obscure name for my business was such a great idea. To the uninitiated it doesn’t smack of anything to do with furniture making, …
I know a chihuahua when I see one
After a couple of glorious weeks away with friends and family spent below the radar this blog post is about piece of furniture I came across in a sale about …
Best laid plans and all that
Boarded Tool ChestThis years teaching schedule has been a little crazy at times despite my intention in 2017 to slow things down during 2018 so that I might spend a …