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First paid demo
Last week I did my first paid, proper demo, at the Herefordshire Woodturners. This was booked about a year ago, and so far I haven’t any other demos in my calendar, but hopefully this will change soon. The evening was … Continue reading
Back in Business
Finally, finally! I got some help from a friendly neighbour, and together we managed to get all the lathe pieces (wood lathe and engineering lathe) into the workshop and lifted into their correct places. I then spent most of Saturday … Continue reading
The force behind the scene
I met Helen in the most unlikely place you can imagine. I was cruising around town in Johannesburg, and ended up at around 01:00 AM in a club where the majority of people were about half my age. I spotted … Continue reading
Major windfall
Some days lady luck won’t even look at you and other days she just smiles! Cathy and John are good friends to us, and I have made few pieces for them, mostly from wood salvaged from their firewood pile. In return, I … Continue reading
First!
Yesterday I shipped my first commission! Yeah! Yippieh! OK, it’s not a terribly big one. I was asked to make 16 pins with button heads for antique musical instruments. The originals were made from ivory, clearly not an option any … Continue reading