Journeyman's Journal

I’ve decided to rename them all according to the part numbers.

This is a good one, as I show you how to bore perfectly straight with a hand brace. Watch me as I hit the bullseye.

I’ve made this into a 3 part series; otherwise, it would have been too long, and I ran out of film (modern day version) memory.

When I first started woodworking, I was taught to use hand tools, and it was drummed into me that day the importance of learning hand tool skills. So since I’ve only ever used hand tools, besides the cabinet shop I worked in and a year at home, did I ever use machinery. So it makes sense that drilling accurately is pretty much second nature to me, except when I’m recording.

I briefly explain or justify why I use multiple waterstones to achieve sharp. I also explain when I apply the secondary bevel.

The picture on the left is from Amazon, and on the right, I made it. I find the similarities strikingly similar. Is it just a coincidence, or was it intentional? The Amazon product was made in China, but not necessarily designed in China.

The car industry is notorious for knocking off each other’s designs. Have you noticed this? A new car comes out, and within the year, a whole bunch of other cars get released; they all look similar to one another. There are cars out there that have similar look to Mercs and BMWs

Whether they did use my desk organiser as a base model design to work from or if it was just a coincidence, I don’t mind because someone somewhere out there thought what I made was so awesome that it was worth incorporating into their own product design. I personally find that an honour, and I didn’t have to have 300k subscribers on Youtube to get it or 3 million likes and followers on Instagram to be noticed. I’m just plotting along and quietly doing my own thing.