This past week I taught the first Moravian bench class of 2018 at Roy Underhill’s Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, NC. This is the sixth year I have done the class at Roy’s; we have produced about 120 benches in that time.
Over time, the class has changed and become more streamlined as my experience teaching it has increased. Of course, with each new group of students, there’s a different dynamic, even though we are building the same project. This keeps the class from ever becoming routine.
A first for this class was using a boring machine to hog out most of the waste from the long stretcher mortises. This was a huge improvement over a brace and bit.
We had a young fella named J.D. Stevenson and his father stop in to observe the class for an afternoon. We promptly put him to work. He made us all look bad – he’s 13 years old.
As always, I never seem to get any pictures of the very end of the class. The last day is always a mad dash to get as far as possible!
— Will Myers
That kid is the future !!
That kid is the future : represents the best in us . bravo!
“The nature and art of upsidedownsmanship.”
Great inside looks. Thanks for sharing.
very cool
I guess it’s less risky with the boring machine, if the machine is any good you can be certain that the bit will come out the otherside, excactly where it’s supposed to, right?
lostartpress, please make a nice version of that book, this edition is horrible 🙂
also that is a handsome benche rigth there! are the legs flush to the top?
Making me homesick for NC.