Wood

Welcome to your woodworking journey. Before we dive into joinery techniques or tool selection, let’s start with something fundamental: understanding the remarkable material you’ll be working with. Wood isn’t just another building material—it’s humanity’s oldest ally, a living legacy, and perhaps our most valuable renewable resource. Trees Versus Gold: A Different Kind of Wealth Trees […]

As woodworkers, we often obsess over our tools. We debate the merits of bevel-up versus bevel-down planes, we argue about table saw horsepower, and we spend hours sharpening chisels until they can split a hair. But the most important element in the workshop isn’t the steel in your hand; it’s the material on your bench.