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Hennebury thanks for your response, but I am mentally wrestling with: "My advice; Don't take any advice" :). I think my standard...

But it's impossible to tell if those joints from henneburys are made in exactly the same fashion as the wiggle room is hidden... One...

Thank you, now I understand. I guess I’m with Alex.

There is nothing wrong or right in the photos. The photos of the mortise and tenons are not about the joints but are representative of...

Your work is perfect and beautiful, but this is where you may accidentally illustrate a point the other way. I often state I am not a...

Two types of people. Those who sharpen their tools when they are dull, and those who sharpen them when they know they can be sharper...

I have a similar personality in that I can only accept perfection but in reality I may get 97/98 % but it’s that drive for perfection...

As in the music analogy, you need a huge amount of input time to get to a good level of proficiency, I seem to recall, from past forum...

Hello all, in my humble opinion utube is a huge source of knowledge, now I know that there is a awful lot of rubbish and product...

This is a fascinating thread. I am self taught in woodcarving - I took most of my knowledge from magazines and books (it was...

Yorkie guy - 6 weeks absence in a career speaks volume about your character well done. Average sick leave in NHS over a 35 year career...

Another good question, I don't want to spoil the hobby by allowing commercial considerations to dictate what I do. At the same time, I...

I think my approach to woodworking has a lot to do with my personality. Always want to achieve more, don't want to accept imperfection...

As per a previous post find a course, the tutor will often provide after support as well for someone that is really keen. There are...

All so called 'gurus' have their pros n'cons Jacob and none of them is perfik although Sir David of Charlesworth's are a good for dozing...