Your Passion for Woodworking vs. Transformative Technology: Where To from Here?

If you have ever thumbed through any woodworking magazine, you might perceive that the world of woodworking is reserved only for those with meticulous technique. When I first started woodworking, I―like many―romanticized the cultivation of technique and the pursuit of complex joinery: A journey that usually resulted in hours of slow methodical cuts…a side project […]

Growing into Technology

It’s no surprise that most woodworkers are challenged by technology and even more confused by the term G-code. For generations, manual labor tooling has been the backbone of our profession. Consider the simple handsaw transformed into a motorized handsaw. The two were similar enough so as to maintain cognitive correlation of each tool and its […]

Success—in the Form of Automation

I graduated from high school in 1999—a year early. I was 17 and eager to enter the U.S. Navy. I had been preselected to attend Basic Underwater Demolition Seal Training (BUD/s) and on my first day of training, to say that I was intimidated would have been an understatement. I had heard the stories and can say […]