So, time for the weekly post a few days late. My internet went out on Sunday when i was planning to post. Thats life in Maine. Its still beautiful weather up here. The locals are complaining about it being warm. Mid-70s is warm to them. I have worked everyday since last Monday when i got here.
Met my class on Monday. Should be a good summer as everyone seems to be very positive type people. My two teachers are Brian Reid and David Upton Brown. They are amazing woodworkers. I hit the jackpot in terms of teachers. Great furniture builders and very good teachers. Both seem to be extremely knowledgable and very attentive to the students. The school is amazing. We are in a separate building with 3 rooms. a benchroom where we each get our own bench and cabinet, the machine room, and the drawing room.
Last week started with hand tool working. Lots and lots of sharpening and maintenance of tools. We then started work on hand cutting joints. Lots of practice joints and ways to work. Fun stuff, but time consuming. i feel like im learning woodworking all over again, with a stronger emphasis on hand tools and less on machines. its a great meditative way to work for sure.
The first week ended with drawing up our plans for a bench ( a very simple project using all hand cut joints as a skill building project). I kept it simple since we only had a week to build it in and there were going to be plenty of lectures during the week taking up work time.
This week started out with a bang. Finish milling up the lumber we rough milled on the weekend, and start building our benches.
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