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EAIA Annual Meeting once over and more

Gary Roberts — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:15:16 -0400

Yeah and verily I have returned from the EAIA Annual Meeting in Hyannis, MA. Miles Standish made an appearance at the Sat nite banquet to regail us with tales of his escapades as well as some of the...

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Temple Thorold On Wood Turning: Free PDF Download

Gary Roberts — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:21:48 -0400

My favorite author, Mr. Temple Thorold, wrote not only his famous book, Our Workshop, he also wrote two serialized articles for Routledge's Boy's Annual which was the yearly compilation of...

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On Sale: A Manual Of Wood Carving by Charles Godfrey Leland, 1891

Gary Roberts — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:49:15 -0400

Yes, you heard it here first. Charles Godfrey Leland, that odd fellow from the 19th century has done it again. He's gone and reprinted his famous book on wood carving, titled, strangely enough: A...

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Lastly, the cover of A Manual Of Wood Carving

Gary Roberts — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:22 -0400

And that's about it. The cover and the content are uploaded. The proof is ordered. The fingers are crossed. It's time for some GF mac & cheese and the next episode of River Monsters. Till next, Gary

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Draft Introduction to Leland: A Manual Of Wood Carving

Gary Roberts — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:56:41 -0400

Just in case you didn't know, Charles Godfrey Leland was not your average Joe. Not by a long shot. This is a very heavily edited version of his life. The long version is a book unto itself......

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The Lesser Known Moxon: Mechanick Dyalling

Gary Roberts — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:32:49 -0400

For reasons wholely unkown to yours truly, few people speak, or write, of the Mechanick Dyalling chapter of The Doctrine Of Handy-Works. If you put your mind to it, Joseph Moxon was known for his...

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Gary Goes Hollywood

Gary Roberts — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:48:24 -0400

Yes, I went and had a face lift. A partial face lift. One little part of one eyelift lift. No, not really a Hollywood eye-lift lift, more a medical necessity type of lift lift. Thanks to numerous...

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How large or small should students hands be for carving?

Gary Roberts — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:51:41 -0400

Mr. Leland addresses this question in his treatise on Wood Carving and rightly so. It's one of those questions that has clearly perplexed teachers, sensei and masters of crafts for centuries: "It is...

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