fuck up to level up

let’s talk about mistakes. not the kind you make when you go out and get high. those aren’t mistakes. those are predictable results. we’re talking about...

plane beginnings

so you want to be a woodworker. you’ve watched nine-thousand hours of youtube videos and [subscribed to fine woodworking]. you’ve read [every article christian becksvoort’s ever written] and could...

sorry not sorry

we live in a society where meaningless apologies surround us every day and heartfelt apologies are so rare they should be on a list with mountain gorillas and...

i saw that

this isn’t just something beginners ask. but it’s something every beginner asks. so i’m starting woodworking — what saws do i need? well, the simple answer to that...

shakespeare is shit

“we are such stuff as dreams are made on and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” if you’re a first-year undergraduate student, whether you’re studying english...

one drill, one guide

while there is a general obsession today with doing everything freehand (something i have never understood in the slightest), i am a woodworker who loves absolute perfection,...

fujin

(a poem from my upcoming collection of poetry — not sure exactly when it will be available for preorder but i’ll keep you updated!)

breathe through me a new day

a dawn...

schools on fire

given recent events, it would be negligent if i didn’t talk about gun violence. but i am beyond tired of this becoming a political topic and i think...

take your table to the beach

let’s talk about sand. it’s a beautiful, sunny day and you’ve spent the morning dreaming of sunbathing, swimming and the joy of bikinis. or not....

epistolary verse

i’m often accused of being anti-tradition. i’m not. i’m just anti-useless-tradition. if we’re going to do something the way it was done in the past, it has to still...

let’s talk about your hole

actually, let’s talk about a very specific hole — the hallowed mortise. we can talk about tenons at some point but those are really easy. and...

words and wood

i’ve loved reading woodworking magazines since i was a kid. actually, i’ve loved reading instructional magazines in general — fine woodworking, popular mechanics, national geographic, popular science, pc...