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Our English Workbench Video Series is on its way. We said it would be out this year and after many enquries to it's presence, we can finally say that it will be on time... just. We'll be pre-launching any day with full details of the build, and Chapter One will be...
After a year off the European Woodworking Show returns to the beautiful Cressing Temple Barns on the 12th & 13th of next month. We're not showing this time round but will be going there on the Saturday to see things from the other side; for us this will be a day...
I've finally completed the new website design and with a bit of luck you should be seeing it now. It was time for a change to get things up-to-date in regards to viewing on mobiles and smaller screens, on which you should now be finding things easier to view and...
We have a quick announcement today. We've been working on this new idea for a while but didn't want to mention too much on the blog before now as we've had an unpredictable last year which has made us conscious of false promises. We know now that things are ready to...
I'm a great fan of the work of Tom Fidgen over on his Unplugged Woodshop blog, particularly because he promotes such enthusiasm for hand tools and combines it with his great talent for design. His work is above all else inspirational and allows us to remember that the...
Our Offering to Richard Arnold's charity sale, was a box full of wooden screws. Each had found itself in our seconds pile over the last year or so, and had some minor defect, though most were difficult to spot even on close inspection. They all worked perfectly but...
It's just a quick one today as I wanted to bring up the matter of comments on our blog. It's always been a great incentive to write knowing that people are adding their own bit and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who joins in. Your comments have become...
We'll be wrapping up our final video on the Wall Cupboard very soon and this will mark the end for us of our 'trial' video making. When we started with the videos earlier this year we had no idea how to go about things so we decided to learn on the job and see how it...
Sorry if we've been a bit quiet of late. Things are just very busy here at the moment since we're well and truly in to our August batch of Little John's. Once again it's a nice change of pace and after a long time spent on the joinery Richard should be starting to...
I'm very pleased to say that the first part of our Wall Cupboard video will be available tomorrow. Helen's been hard at it with the editing and though it's taken a few days longer than expected we're learning fast and really starting to enjoy making these - I'm...
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This week we've finally come to the end of a back-log of work that I should never have taken on. Don’t worry, I'll have a jolly good moan about all that soon. Working on our barns is a bit like one of those games, where you have to slide a piece out of position, to...
We're getting a lot of questions about what's coming when, so here's how it's looking: - Next Premium Video - Pre-launching Next Week - The Hand Plane Build - Coming Next Month - Mystery Project - End Of The Year (hopefully) - Book(s) - Completed Next Year (possibly!)...