Blogs
Tools for class: an overview of what to bring
January 12, 2019
When I teach boatbuilding and woodworking classes I send the students a tool list to help prepare them for the project and the ...
On winter and climbing out of the hole.
Here's the shop safely tucked in after a big February storm.
This is the time of year when I always seem to struggle to overcome a lack of momentu...
Thoughts On Craftsmanship – January 2016
After the pace of summer, deep winter can feel very restful. The shorter and quieter days encourage a thoughtfulness that the long days of summe...
Summer 2015
This summer came in slow and it’s still behind schedule. The end of August brought our hottest days, the kind we usually get in July, if they hap...
The First day of Summer June 21, 2015
Catspaw Dinghy
It’s a rainy day and I’m breaking my rule and working in the shop and at my desk. “If you work Sunday’s then Mondays just another ...
First class of 2015
Building Pygmy Kayak’s Pinguino design in my shop
Spring is here, the days are sunny with temperatures in the in the 70’s, flowers are starti...
Two projects are moving along….
Getting started on the kitchen
Last week saw two projects moving closer to completion. We did the tear out of our old kitchen (what a mess) an...
Spring is a bit slow coming this year
shop projects
Spring is a bit slow coming in this year, but the longer days do make it easier to spend more time working in the shop and they o...
A new kind of project
A new kind of project.
Earlier this winter, before December’s frost, ice, and dustings of snow had morphed into the more than four feet still pil...
Cold Days and Winter Projects
Cold days and winter projects
I celebrated News Years Eve with a fire and I also set off a few expired flairs!
It was well below zero this mo...