It's official. I have built a cabinet. It may only be the same pine cabinet that every other student also has to make as part of the course, but it's mine, and it's my first build. But something else I have discovered is the woodworker's curse: the curse of knowing all of the mistakes that are within your piece.
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Playing the Long Game 2
Two hundred rings. That's how many I was able to count in the ash tree that was to be milled at the mother-in-law's farm.
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Playing the Long Game
Milling and seasoning your own wood is not a quick way to make furniture. But it's probably a very satisfying way.
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Before Chippendale
Want a summary of my pre-Chippendale woodworking 'career'? What will I be able to make post-Chippendale?
