It Ain't Fine Woodworking But It Needed To Be Done

Joel,

I think this is the first time I have ever seen a photograph of you. Now when I see your name this is what I will associate, what is that in your hand, a long lens camera?

Stephen

Stephen,
Yip - for better or worse that's me in my kitchen. It's a Festool C12 Drill.

Woodworker caught doing something useful! Film at 11!

My wife must never see this photo or blog entry.

Curious - your opinion of Fine Woodworking mirrors mine. I do lots of "non-Fine Woodworking", as well as a few projects that might fit a decent definition.

There are few of us, it seems, that will objectively look at what we're doing and call it for what it is. There was a huge debate on what the definition of Fine Woodworking should be on the FWW's Knots forum (under the "magazine" folder). Sad to say, a large number of posters thought that almost anything fits the definition of fine woodworking - including making jigs!

"Fine Woodworking" is a magazine. Some of their articles certainly are fine woodworking, Some by virtue of the wide diversity of their readership aren't. They try to include articles that will raise the skill level and inspire of readers of all levels and backgrounds and that's very commendable. A kitchen built with modern hardware such as Bill Ducksworth describes can be fine woodworking. What I did - hack up an old kitchen certainly isn't but reading the article brought me up-to-date on hardware, I learned something, and it inspired me to upgrade my kitchen.