Having a job that we enjoy means there’s always a tendency for our work and spare time to become intermingled as we come up with new ideas or methods that we’re eager to put in to action. These ideas are often driven by principles and ideals rather than common sense...
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A Hateful Day!
Hate is a very strong word, but we all have jobs that we hate and today was one of those hateful days full of jobs I hate. To top it of, I arrived at the workshop to find the drains had blocked up … again. One more hated job to add to the list of hated jobs. I decided...
The Oak ‘Artisan’ – Getting Started
My ears picked up, I heard the distinctive click of the kettle coming off the boil. I knew it was close, I could picture the boiling water flowing onto the tea bag, the sweet sent hitting the air. Any minute now…. And right on queue there she was tea in hand. She put...
Welcome to the English Woodworker.com!
We’ve been planning to start a blog for a good few years now but there always seems to be so much going on around here that we’ve just never found the right time to get things up and running. Currently there are so many things happening that it seems a shame not to...
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Face Vice Rack – How To Work With It
Can't be Bothered to Read? Click Play: https://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nice-Rack.mp3 Without a reliable way to hold your work for woodworking we'll quickly become frustrated. Whilst I'm a firm believer that a lot can be achieved with an...
Whatever Happened To That Line Shaft?
Can't Be Bothered To Read? Click Play: https://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Whatever-happened-to-that-line-shaft.mp3 Not a lot really. Like the dog it just sits there. My last post was all about ridding my workshop of machines, which strums...
I’m Sorry For Using Power…
(...YOUR WORDS NOT MINE) Can't Be Bothered To Read, Click Play: https://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/power-tool-guilt.mp3 We've come to the end of the workbenches so today I'm grouping my machines in to a corner of the workshop as tightly as...