I may be on the younger side of life as I write this, but I'd like to think I’m old at heart. Things like thrift shopping antique stores, going to the library to check out movies, and listening to music on a record player excite me. As I think about how much the world has changed toward mass consumerization, automation and frankly, how it has been telling us what we need to buy, consume and spend our time doing, it helped me realize an aspect of woodworking I enjoy. The time

Many of you, perhaps like me, have memories of working in a woodshop. It could be your parent’s, grandparent’s, or a shop class you took in school. Maybe you have your own shop that has been growing and evolving for years, made up of industrial equipment, providing for you and the employees that manufacture whatever it is you produce. Or maybe you are just starting out, piecing together your own workshop with what you can find for cheap on Facebook marketplace to start up a n