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Toolmaking Resources VIII; Alice Frampton, Cornish Workshop

Do not believe for a moment that quality wood working or the love of fine tools is purely the domain of men.  One visit to The Cornish Workshop should be enough to forever shatter that delusion.

Alf, Alice Frampton, has been generously sharing her knowledge and skills for quite a while.  She has been [...]

Toolmaking Resources IV; Stephen Shepherd

Stephan Shepherd has long maintained and compiled one the first resources of woodworking information on the net.  If you go to his website and then click on Alburnam’s Archive, you will find this resource.  Here you will find the motherload.  There is more information, tips, methods, recipes and history than can be read in [...]

Tool Making Resources II, Bob Smalser

Bob Smalser is a rarity in that he learned hand tool use, and boat building from a family tradition.  He is also a scientist, so his observations and methods are well worth learning from.  His articles can be found in a variety of places and they are well worth reading.   He is yet another [...]

Hybridizing Waterlilies

My father was a quite brilliant and gifted hybridizer of waterlilies.  Here I will prove this brag, with a few links, Pioneer,  Hybridization,  Obituary

As a result, I am quite interested in hybridizing waterlilies, however I am quite scared to ever present a waterlily.  Take for example this lovely plant.

It is a [...]

Conserving Artifacts

I love old tools.  A lot of these old guys have survived a total change in the world and are still useful.  One of the important questions, is how to preserve, restore and protect these wonderful links to our past.  My approach is to get data from the extreme ends of the spectrum.  One [...]