Woodworker's Journal

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Looking to the Future

TEACHING WOODWORKING TO OTHERS!

Sometimes I hear folks talking about how schools don’t teach shop class any longer and that young people (and when you are my age, a lot of people are “younger”) are just not woodworking or making stuff with their hands.

And while it’s true that industrial arts does not have as much importance in middle and high schools as it once did, if you take a gander at YouTube, there are lots of young people making stuff and “teaching” how to do it. A good portion of them call themselves “makers,” and wood is really only one of their mediums.

My problem with their content is so much of it is of questionable quality. So for someone looking to learn how to build something from

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