Ambrosia Maple Bench

Ambrosia Maple Bench

Ambrosia Maple Bench In the summer of 2021 my new portable sawmill arrived. It took three of us a long nine hour day to put it together. I knew I wasn’t going to get to use it much that summer as I was engrossed in a couple of other large, time sensitive projects....
A Shop Class Bench

A Shop Class Bench

A Shop Class Bench I took wood shop classes starting in junior high school back in the 1960s. I really enjoyed it; we had a wonderful shop teacher named Dana Hinckley. Mr. Hinckley had been a Maine backwoods guide for many years. I think he was in his 50s, always...
Harvesting Firewood

Harvesting Firewood

Harvesting Firewood We burn wood to supplement our oil heat. Our house is pretty green, and very environmentally friendly. It was built in the mid-eighties as a replica of early New England settler’s bow house. The house is a center chimney, center stair, post and...