Shop Notes & Rambles
Welcome to the quieter corner of the shop — the place where sawdust settles, thoughts wander, and stories take shape. These rambles capture the rhythm of the work, the lessons learned, and the craft that holds it all together.
Shop Ramble Mailing List
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Old Machines, New Machines, and the Quiet Math of a Working Life
A winter drive, a mobile lathe kit, and a look back at the machines that shaped my shop — the wins, the regrets, and the quiet math behind every tool I’ve ever bought.
Shop Life
A normal morning in the shop can turn on you fast. One missing tool, one bad cut, one inch‑short mistake, and suddenly the whole day shifts. That’s shop life—ordinary right up until it isn’t.
The World Runs on Pencils
A shop can have fifty people and five hundred pencils, but somehow the one thing nobody can ever find is a decent sharpener. Funny how the smallest tool can bring the whole place to a stop.