HeyJaredNorwegian Woodworker
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
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Caring and Repairing (opens the original)
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[ soundtrack : Sabine Devieilhe - The Triumph of Time and Disillusion ]**** Am I the only one sensing that the seven fat years are coming to a close and that seven lean ones are looming ahead? “When the head is weak, the body will suffer“ as an old Swedish formwork carpenter I used to work for was fond of saying. He was a very capable man and far from stupid. You’re simply not able to organize and execute building the foundations for a huge downtown housing complex without a highly functioning b
Fitting a Dutchman (opens the original)
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[ soundtrack : Wolf Hunt - Vladimir Vysotsky - English subtitles ]****This post is too long for email — open in browser for full length.****The autumn semester has begun and I’m back in the workshop. Nothing very exciting, just an old door that’s seen better days and needs some lovin’ care. It’s just work. One half of a double door; competently made, roughly a century old judging by the style and joinery. My job is to sort out the most pressing problems; the stuff that’s easiest done in a worksh
I built that! (opens the original)
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[ soundtrack : My Song - Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson & Jon Christensen - 1978 ECM Records ]****Not much going on in the workshop — lazy summer days.I turn on the lights most days, but strangely, I don’t feel like doing much. I hang on the bench and maybe flip listlessly through a woodworking book or doodle a noodle while the radio plays something that passes through my head without leaving a trace. It’s peaceful and cool down in the cellar, but my urge to make anything seems to
Making a saw-vise (opens the original)
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[ soundtrack : Charlie Parker - Jam Session (1952) ]****This post is too long for email — open in browser for full length.****I began my disreputable woodworking career just before the internet came of age; before you could simply order quality tools online, so I started out using handsaws off of the rack in the hardware store; dinky plastic handle, overly narrow and flexible blade, teeth hardened and shaped for the ‘combi-cut’ which neither rips nor crosscuts very well, but rather does both rel
Quick tip # 19 (opens the original)
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[ soundtrack : Evert Taube - Nocturne : Sleep on my arm ]****I was using some leftover plywood for a little shop-project; 22mm poplar or aspen or some such soft wood. I needed to reinforce the edges with some proper hardwood, so I glued a strip of beech in a rebate.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qWSI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe303e96f-68dc-44ea-ba3b-7f
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