Welcome! I am Kenneth Woodruff. By day I am a self-employed 3D artist, animator, interactive developer and designer (http://www.grand-unified.net, if you’re curious).
By evening/weekend/between-projects I am a relatively new woodworker, on a self-motivated journey through the pains and passions of hand tool woodworking. This is partially in rebellion against having my eyeballs stuck to a screen all day.
I am currently shopless, which means that I build a lot of strange things to accommodate that limitation.
Thanks for joining me. Please forgive the growing pains as I gear the blog up.
I found your blog from your post on Lumberjocks. I am glad you did that, as I might not have found your site otherwise. It is very nice.
I started a blog on the 2nd of January. I am really enjoying it.
Do you use Google Analytics to track your progress?
Brian
Thanks Brian! I’m going to read your blog tonight after work (I have a crazy rush project going on right now).
I’m using a plugin for WordPress to do the tracking. I’m not sure if there’s an equivalent for your blog software, but I bet there is.
Kenneth,
Just wanted to leave you a note and tell you that I discovered your blog through someone on our own community for ‘beginning woodworkers’. (http://kregjig.ning.com) There are lots of individuals there who are just starting out and would love to follow along with your blog.
Thanks for the entertaining posts, keep it up!
Derek
Thanks Derek! I appreciate the support. There’s just not any information out there for people trying to work without shop space—especially with hand tools. I hope my trials and tribulations can be of use.
Yay, another one! Good to see you out here plugging away (unplugging away I guess). I’m in pretty much the same situation as you. Look forward to following your progress!
Thanks Eric, and welcome! Though I would not wish it on anyone, it’s good to see so many people in the same situation.
I just discovered your blog from a link that was in an old post on Chris Schwarz’s blog. What you’ve done with your break down workbench and saw bench is AWESOME!. I too am a shopless hand tool woodworker. I have a back patio and a workbench outside that works ok but needs better vices. Also, I’m in New Orleans and it rains a lot, so I’ve been thinking of building a small indoor bench for dovetailing and light planing tasks. You’ve absolutely inspired me. THANKS.
-Chris Griggs
Thanks Chris! I appreciate that.