Apr 12, 2025 | Robert Howard Blogs
I have been teaching woodwork one way or another since about 1990, where I have not only had to worry about how to do the various things that I have been trying to teach my students, but have also had to try to find the best way to communicate my instructions to them.
Apr 9, 2025 | Robert Howard Blogs
I am going to try, in this article, to strip the process of sharpening down to its essence, to make it as simple as I possible can. Once you have mastered it, I believe you will see that it is not a difficult process. As with a lot of things, the most difficult part...
Mar 27, 2025 | Robert Howard Blogs
I have spent a good part of the past five years* teaching woodwork. As most teachers probably find, I have learnt as much as my students have. In fact, I am moved to say that if you seriously wish to learn, for example, how to cut a better dovetail, the most efficient...
Jun 27, 2016 | Robert Howard Blogs
Nesting is the art of creating a working or living environment that feels good – and the emphasis is heavily on the ‘feels’. It is directed wholly at our emotional response to our immediate surroundings. I suppose it is possible for someone to be immune to his or...
Jun 24, 2016 | Robert Howard Blogs
Sharpening is one of the most fundamental woodworking skills, and using sharp tools is one of the greatest of woodworking’s many pleasures. But while learning how to sharpen is fairly simple in theory, it can be frustratingly difficult in practice.
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