Introduction

The ramblings of a former electronics engineer who, later in life, set up a technical public relations company and, on retirement, finally got to do what he really enjoys : making things.   I've actually been making things in wood since I was around 10yrs old, but work got in the way. At last I have the time and space to learn to do it well.

Here is my trusty ancient 4x4 loaded with materials ready to start building the new workshop in summer 2013.

At my former home the workshop was somewhat of a compromise, sqeezed into a small, rather damp space in the barn with no natural light.  The damp was not good for the tools and the lack of light hid a multitude of finishing sins that should have been dealt with at the time. 

This time I have the space, so the story begins with the construction of the new workshop.  Workshop build