Of all organic materials, wood may be the most important, renewable, versatile, beautiful and challenging. When a tree is felled, although apparently dead, its wood continues to breathe and exhibit complex behaviour. For anyone wanting to master (if that is even possible)

  Wood finishing has been quite a journey for me. The pursuit of an amazing finish has been ongoing ever since I started seriously working with wood some 25 years ago. A finish is really just a protective coating right? Well, technically yes,

Introduction I reckon one of the main reasons a lot of people give up on woodworking is because their experience is based on using tools that aren't sharp. The coolest thing in woodworking may be using a truly sharp tool – that