Adventures of an Imperfect Man In Search of a Handmade Life
The art and artifacts from Pompeii have been much on my mind since the major new excavations have been published the past couple years. I was looking at this wall mural and noticed the very Roman workbench in the lower left, complete with bench dogs while the young carpenter whacks away with hammer and chisel. … Continue reading A Workbench from Pompeii
Graham Haydon of the Joiner's Workbench shows a fun experiment while showing off his new dovetail saw from Skelton Saws. Graham joins a couple 1 x 6's in three minutes and does a pretty good job of it. This is what I imagine some apprentice doing back in the pre-industrial era when he's showing off … Continue reading More on the Dovetail Theme
Preindustrial Craftsmanship 