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My FIL made himself a small coffeetable out of Cherry and Wenge. Thought I'd show it off.




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A router to start, then a chisel. He also did/helped me do most of the pieces I did. I really need to do a woodworking project soon. They take up a lot of damn space though, and take a LONG time compared to a knife. Plus, they're a daunting project for me. I'm not very good with tools.I shit you not. He's a way better woodworker than I am.
While I am no carpenter, that is clearly excellent work.:thumbup:
Your FIL is to be congratulated.
At my place of work, I have a colleague -- a considerably older physicist who I look up to, professionally (he is rather shorter than I). A fountain of wisdom, experience, knowledge, and technique. He also happens to have an excellent wood-working shop at his home. If practiced with care and affection, I think carpentry is a way to quiet the soul and develop patience and equanimity.
Hmm. It's practically a philosophy ... in wood.![]()
I'm entirely in tune with you here. I have a wood lathe in my workshop and, while I don't actually make anything that would be of much use to anyone, I enjoy simply turning bits of wood into weird shapes. It's a bit like whittling or knife sharpening in a way, great mental therapy.
BTW, that's a bloody nice table, I wish I had the skill/knowledge to do something like that. The best I could do was make a serviceable workbench for my workshop.
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