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I am ripping down a piece of 135mm tas oak for a drawer-bottom. Straight down the guts of it, I mean: the sectional cut of greatest area; the big-board-to-two-thin-boards break; if you see what I mean. The sort of thing done in twenty-five seconds by a bandsaw, but taking me an hour and a half [...]
[Keywords: cutlery drawer, hand tools, ripping, sawdust, sawing, wood] [No comments] [Permanent link]
To be in touch — in contact — with the wood is a wonderful thing; the dust, shavings and sweat blackening my hands; reveling in intimacy with the tree, giving part of myself in exchange for what I am making. Running my hand over the wood, sweeping the shavings off the bench with my skin, [...]
[Keywords: closeness, emotion, physicality, wood, woodwork] [No comments] [Permanent link]
