Thread: Hi from Sydney

Hi all

I have been woodworking since just before COVID, as my cycling ambitions faded with age. I don't think I am alone in saying that I have studied at the school of YouTube under the guidance of teachers like Cosman, Sellers, all the way to that sweary English Woodworker (Richard Maguire).

I would call myself a hybrid woodworker using power tools to prepare and dimension stock, and do the tedious tasks like resawing. However, I love hand tool work, the satisfaction of seeing a hand-made joint, adjusting your focus and seeing nothing but the gaps.

I have an impossibly small shop so the projects tend to be similarly small - boxes mainly. My last project was a jewellery box for my daughter in mahogany (plantation grown in Fiji), but I do prefer to use Australian timbers where possible.

Anyway, I'll mostly be drilling the forums for tips, hints and other ideas to plagiarise.

Anthony