A Busy Month Indeed…

The first three weeks of January were a bit of a whirlwind.   In between shows, we were able to spend some excellent time with Paul beginning the tool chest project.   As Paul mentioned, this single project covers many woodworking skills and joints, including several types of dovetails.  

Paul remains several steps ahead of us in the process, as he occasionally calls us over to the bench for some detailed tutorials to help us along.  It is really amazing how Paul’s patient instruction takes the mystery out of these tricky joints and provides the confidence needed to work on dovetailed corners almost 12 inches tall.

How encouraging, as well, to see Paul’s tool chest coming together and to realize that tools he has owned for almost a half century will take up residence in this heirloom pine chest.