Today we finally set up our Facebook page. It's been a long time coming, but then I think that must be because I'm missing a gene or two... can't think why else I'd be finding it such a struggle to understand! I Still haven't quite got my head around it but I'm sure...
Just a quick follow up to Helen's post this morning. The power of branding today seems to be pretty immense and I think it's fair to say that we judge the value of the product by its brand rather than its true qualities. For me it's a sad truth but its certainly isn't...
It was a beautiful day on Saturday (read as " Richard and I were dripping with sweat"... typical Brits, never happy with the weather!) when we popped down to the open day at Peter Sefton's Furniture School. As I mentioned on Friday there was a large chance that...
We've been busy this afternoon getting packed up and ready for a long trek out in the morning. Richard has gathered together just a 'few' tools and plenty of timber in preparation for spending tomorrow out at the open day at Peter Sefton's Furniture School. The plan...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtayvNvIa6E] If you've been a follower of our blog since its beginning then you may remember me writing a post on a simple guide I use to aid drilling dog holes square. Well in today's video I take a closer look at this...
The good news is the broken music stand is now back to a full state of repair. The bad news... well that comes in two parts. Having originally built the stand in a very relaxing weekend I'd made a point to really enjoy the whole process. I kept up a steady pace but...
Update: At the present time we're not building any workbenches for sale, however we have many resources on this website that will help guide you with your own workbench build. Our English Workbench Video Series takes you step by step through a traditional bench build,...
As planned we made a start last week at getting on top of the workshop clutter. If you've seen Part One of this saga then you'll be aware we had a pretty big task ahead of us and we've decided to attempt it in bite-sized stages; a little each week. We can only hope...
When we published our video last week about the Holdfast and the Batten I'd hoped that at least a few people would find it to be useful but I certainly hadn't imagined the huge response that we received. I've had heaps of emails alongside the comments letting me know...
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