Wood Working Technology

General Wood Workings Laboratory Rules

If you open it, close it.

If you turn it on, turn it off.

If you unlock it, lock it.

If you break it, repair it.

If you can't fix it, tell your instructor.

If you borrow, return it.

If you use it, take care of it.

If you make a mess, clean it up.

If it belongs to someone else, get permission.

If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.

If it doesn't concern you, don't mess with it.

If it's none of your business, don't ask questions.

If it isn't broke, don't fix it.

If it will brighten someone's day say it.

You will at all times act in a professional manor.

Woodcraft Magazine: What advice would you give someone interested in becoming a woodworker today?

Apart from being safe, I think the most important thing is to be patient. Enjoy the learning process and build your skills one technique at a time. Despite the impressive array of power tools available today, it’s still important to master basic hand tool techniques, so take the time to feel comfortable using chisels, planes, and hand saws. It’s also smart to take advantage of the good instruction you can find in magazines and books, at a Woodcraft store or a woodworking school. There’s plenty of advice online, too—but you’ll have to separate the good from the bad. Finally, get together with fellow woodworkers to share ideas, and to keep learning that there’s always another way to do something.

--Norm Abrams

A very Nice Beginning Project -- Similar to the Novelty Box below