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) working with wood, it is of great benefit to understand

  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, but it's more than that.. The finish is the surface that

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 feeling of empowerment you get when all of a sudden