We have more space here than we need at the moment, but only if you don't mind sharing it with nature. Good, sealed working space on the other hand is tight and so we have to be well organised and only keep to hand what is essential. Richard and I were rummaging through one of the barns last week … [Read more...]

I've been spending a lot of time out in the sun this past week or so; setting up a (make shift) vegetable plot and tending to the weeds. Ordinarily I'd be feeling very guilty about doing anything beside work in work hours and I still am a little. But after a pretty miserable last year where worry … [Read more...]

As a kid I wasn't a traditionalist, not by a long shot. I remember me and my brother banging out hundreds of hours competing on the Sega Megadrive. My earliest tool cravings weren't for hand tools either but for the ones with power and noise. I remember my Dad had a cordless Makita when they first … [Read more...]

In our previous workshop time had allowed us to create a systematic approach to building workbenches. The fine tuned layout allowed the work to flow like a human driven conveyor belt; from timber entering through the door to passing over machines, and as the wood traveled physically from the front … [Read more...]

I've never been one for resolutions but there's no doubt that today marks a great opportunity to pause and consider what we've been doing for the past year, and what may lay ahead. I hate to sound ungrateful, but I'm making a sigh of relief to see the back of 2014. It was a productive year for us … [Read more...]

Due to disturbances there have been several things that we've worked on and mentioned that were left half done. Now that we're settled in to our new workshop we're both feeling reinvigorated and very much excited about picking things back up, finishing them off, and starting anew. Here's an update … [Read more...]

So I'm back from the dead... Helen made a good attempt but just didn't bury me deep enough. Over the last few months we've experienced some difficulties that I won't ramble on about yet, but I will say that after a terrible old journey we're now out of the woods and couldn't be happier. I'm baffled … [Read more...]

We had a very welcomed change of scene this Sunday, when we popped down to Leicestershire for a lovely small woodworking event. Richard 'Monopod' Arnold and his partner Kate, had devoted much of their time to making arrangements for the day, which was a great social get together for talking woodwork … [Read more...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d0KUAH1pcQ&feature=youtu.be As promised, a quick look around our barns... … [Read more...]