I made a box
Last night I attended the first of five evening woodworking classes at The Building Block, a local community center in Worcester As anyone that’s read my review in Hackspace magazine knows, I’m currently learning...
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Bringing the Future into the Present
It was around 6:58pm when I stood up. The room only had eight people in it, but they are all looking at me, expectantly. Fuelled by the pint of stout I’d just polished off,...
My goals are in sight
Since the end of 2015 I’ve been using a board on Trello to log and track my yearly goals. The setup is quite simple – at the start of each year I review the...
The Weekend Woodworker course review
As anyone that follows this blog knows, I’ve slowly been working my way though the Weekend Woodworker course by Steve Ramsey. I found the course enlightening and educational, as well as entertaining, so when...
Wildcat is live (and angry)
This is the third post in the Wildcat saga, so if this is your first time reading this blog it might be worth catching up – to find out more about the antagonist of...
Project Wildcat… has been delayed
It is with no small amount of sadness that I have to report that, in the final stretches of the build of Wildcat, I’ve inadvertently managed to set my progress back for a few...
Introducing Apricat
It was around 7:30 in the morning when Lucy awoke. At first she was confused as to why her body would even consider consciousness at this early hour on a weekend. She thought to...
Jack-o’-lantern out of reclaimed wood
Unlike the last time I tried building something ready for Halloween, I’m somewhat proud of the fact that I was able to have an idea for a project on a Thursday, and have it...
