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Australian Wood Review does exactly what it says on the tin. This no-nonsense publication tells you everything you need to know about wood, from sourcing and working through to the best tools for the job. Included within the magazine are in-depth articles on personal projects, step-by-step guides to starting your own and reviews of the latest machinery.
Though Australian in origin, the comprehensive detail and information found within is useful to anyone with an interest in working with wood. If you wish to get the satisfying feel of working with your hands, and to create something elegant and well designed, you can’t go wrong with this magazine as a guide.
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The feel of something, the tactile sensation of a surface, can be really powerful. Imagine the feel of a smoothly sanded piece of wood, a plank slotting in to the final piece of your design that you’ve spent months crafting, and compare that with the cold hard feel of metal, or the fake scratch of plastic.
Wood as a material is wonderful. The natural qualities of various species can give it a sense of weight, or permanence, or be only a temporary structure – the variety means the possibilities are many.
Working with wood may be old fashioned, but that is part of its charm. You can’t imagine someone tucked away in their shed, diligently hand-carving and crafting a piece of metal into a toy to give to his kids. No, wood fits so much better into this image, a master-craftsman or a rank amateur, doing what people have done for untold centuries, something gained from and part of the world rather than an artificial construct. Whether what you make comes out right or not isn’t even that important, the joy is to be found in the process.
Now, there’s a space down the bottom of the garden that’s just crying out for a good shed, and maybe a workbench, a few saws, a plane, some sandpaper...
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