I am a boat builder by trade. I also did a stint as a kitchen cabinet maker. I have made a few things around the house but nothing to write home about. Most of the woodworking for the boat building I do/done is not fine furniture quality. Woodworking is great as a hobby. It is a long term investment in skill and tools. There is a tonne of pleasure in seeing your finished work, especially if you use it yourself. It can go in many different directions and continuously challenge you. At some point you will probably want to make the thing that your glass work gets attached to! 🤪😉

I am. I have had some of the Lee Valley Veritas tools 30+ years. Some have been regularly used and others niche, hardly ever touched 😬 In nearly all circumstances I could have used lesser quality tools, but that is where the sucker bit comes in. About 4 years ago I bought the Veritas low angle block plane. It really was a step up from the Stanley one I had been using since ‘82. I couldn’t find a replacement blade so upgraded. I have only ever returned something once (defect) and the replacement process was awesome! I am a fan!

Black smithing looks very cool. I watched a doco on a small modern day movement trying to keep samurai sword making alive. Right from collection of the iron sand to pouring the billets? and handing material to the sword makers. Can’t remember the title but it was great.!

I am such a sucker for high quality woodworking hand tools! #veritas

I think with the “legacy” media they are geared toward creating systems of feedback that help creators “monetise” quicker. I think that the mind shift with Nostr is to truly lean into “you doing you.” Any sort of monetisation or signal via zaps is literally gold. Any signal you get then is trending towards pure. You can’t game it. You also can’t conclude that Nostr is an abyss because there were “no impressions.” People MUST be reading your notes but for whatever reason they decided no further action was needed. I am sure you already have figured this out, so, just keep doing you! 🤜

50 pull ups, goals!

Very nice!

5 hours on the water! Epic!

Spent the afternoon at a river 2 hrs drive away. Stumbled across this plaque on a rock beside the river in the middle of nowhere. This post is for Rick 🫶🏻

Awesome!

Amazing!

This was restoration work on a 1930’s wooden yacht. About as “wooden” as it can get. Not my typical building experience but fun!

Zap me so I can give it to the #31days crew!