I have confessed before to my lack of carpentry skills. Strange that both my grandfather’s had this gift, our son Philip certainly has this skill, but my Dad and I seemed to have missed the gene. But I have enjoyed trying to do some work, trying to use power tools, trying to “get it right”….
Tag: carpentry
Fred the carpenter
Philip is a master carpenter, so I would not make any claim to be near his skills. He is the guy you call after the “friend” says he can put in your door, or your hardwood floor, or build you a deck… and you realize that your “friend” didn’t really know what they were doing….
The blue chair
When Philip won the Alberta Skills Competition for Carpenters, this is the chair that he built, in record time. And it isn’t just a chair, it’s a folding chair. We got it, I’ve painted it now twice, and we’ve cherished it. It’s been a bit beat up after all these years now, and it was…
Hybrid Thoughts 