I have joked for years that I am an Ikea carpenter. I said this partially because it seemed we were often putting together IKEA furniture – usually dressers! Strangely enough both my grandfathers were carpenters, yet that gift did not seem to be handed down to me in my own DNA. But this weekend with…
Tag: carpentry
Grandpa’s square
I have a few things that belonged to my Grandpa Waters. I have his Bible, his wooden blue box, and his candidate’s papers. But there is one thing that has passed on to Philip which I find quite interesting and that’s Grandpa Waters’ square. I was in Phil’s workshop recently and he was using it…
The winning chair
The chair sanded back to clean wood Some time ago, perhaps around 2009 or 2010 Phil entered a skills competition for apprentice carpenters. I am trying to remember accurately but I believe he was in his final year as an apprentice – and was on the verge of having his status as a journeyman carpenter….
Hybrid Thoughts 