Building the Japanese river boat over five days in the Japanese Tools Australia workshop was a real hoot.
JTA also shares their workspace with Best Abrasives. At the end of a hard day’s work, I got talking to Ryan Benson from Best Abrasives about the modern tragedy of silicosis and young tradesmen falling victim to this incurable disease. The main culprit being the silica dust liberated when manufactured stone benchtops are cut, drilled and polished.
Manufactured stone benchtops could have a silica content
