woodbloke
Established Member
This train of thought has been rattling around inside my pea-brained bonce for a while now, so I thought I'd give it an airing on the forum. In common with many others (though not all :wink: ) I'm a huge fan of Krenov and like almost everything he does (with his 'back of a *** packet' approach to design) and more importantly, the way that he does stuff and the workshop kit that he uses (which ain't a lot at the end of the day) to achieve the results that he does.
However, as a reader of F&C I'm equally awe struck by Robert Ingham ('God' to those who've been taught by him and unfortunately I'm not one of them) and the stuff he produces. His workshop is like an operating theatre (and is probably cleaner than one :wink: ) but he comes at this game from the other end of the spectrum in that he treats the material almost like metal adopting an engineering approach to making furniture, in fact reading some of his articles on how he's made pieces...I still don't understand :? In recent issues of F&C he's been discussing drilling techniques and there are pics of some of his gear, two of which are a vertical milling machine and a largish Boxford metalwork lathe, both used for working wood.
So I sometimes find myself making a mental reference to either JK or RI and wondering where along the spectrum I sort of fit? To have the sort of mind set that RI must have, and to work the way that he does is beyond me (and I suspect most others) but equally I can't work like JK, though I'm very sympathetic to what he does.
Sorry for the ramble, but interested to see where others find themselves along this imaginary woodworking line...JK at one end and RI at t'other - Rob
However, as a reader of F&C I'm equally awe struck by Robert Ingham ('God' to those who've been taught by him and unfortunately I'm not one of them) and the stuff he produces. His workshop is like an operating theatre (and is probably cleaner than one :wink: ) but he comes at this game from the other end of the spectrum in that he treats the material almost like metal adopting an engineering approach to making furniture, in fact reading some of his articles on how he's made pieces...I still don't understand :? In recent issues of F&C he's been discussing drilling techniques and there are pics of some of his gear, two of which are a vertical milling machine and a largish Boxford metalwork lathe, both used for working wood.
So I sometimes find myself making a mental reference to either JK or RI and wondering where along the spectrum I sort of fit? To have the sort of mind set that RI must have, and to work the way that he does is beyond me (and I suspect most others) but equally I can't work like JK, though I'm very sympathetic to what he does.
Sorry for the ramble, but interested to see where others find themselves along this imaginary woodworking line...JK at one end and RI at t'other - Rob