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Otis Bramwell

Otis builds furniture in a one car garage workshop and teaches a weekend joinery class on the side. He writes about wood the way he teaches it, slower than most guides and honest about the cuts that go wrong first.

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Reading Wood Grain Before You Cut Anything

I ruined a piece of nice walnut in my second month of woodworking by planing straight into the grain instead of with it,...

Otis BramwellSep 15, 20264 min read