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From the Bench: The Cabinetmaker

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Growing up in rural South Carolina, I used to watch my grandfather build cabinets. The family tradition of building continued with my father. Determined to follow my own path, I worked as a pipe welder and later pursued two advanced degrees. By then I had drifted away from cabinetmaking. Years later, my wife asked me to restore a wood cradle for our granddaughter. I ended up building two more cradles for our grandchildren. Now in retirement, I intend to immerse myself in cabinetmaking.

Key Takeaways:

  • After high school, I enrolled in welding school and began working as a pipe welder.
  • Many years later, I made cradles for two of my grandchildren.
  • Now retired, I plan to dedicate myself to my family’s heritage, cabinetmaking.

“Before the days of carbide sawblades, he would sharpen his own blades using a small red blade vise, adjusting the set of each tooth with a saw set.”

Read more: https://www.finewoodworking.com/2020/05/14/from-the-bench-the-cabinetmaker

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As Staff Writer I am or we are the writers bringing inspiring and uplifting news of the Woodworking World to those of us seeking a way to disconnect from all virtual realities and rediscover ourselves through aligning our brains with our hands! It is a curing way to use wood to rediscover the real world. And of course, we make something that actually exist in the real world!
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