Notes and Reflections While Shaving Wood
  
   
Getting From Conception to Completion
  
   
by
  
   
Doug Hepler
  
             
This website once offered an Acrobat copy of a book that I wrote during a period of more than 15 years while I was learning to become a competent wood-worker. That book records the information that I needed and the problems that I solved: what I found, where I found it, and the reflections that were going through my mind. So, it somwhat documents my development as a woodworker.
 
It includes both serious and humorous reflections on the nature of woodworking, and the experience of learning it. I have removed it from this site because of size limitations and replaced it with the table of contents of a newer edition. If you want a copy, please email me.
 
This website also includes a few additional brief Projects, Notes and Reflections that you can reach by clicking on the links in this paragraph.
 
    AND, WHY?  
   

I hope that the notes might help new woodworkers find information more easily, and the reflections might stimulate a bit of discussion. I'm not trying to sell anything, not even ideas, except for my view of workshop safety. I admit it -- I would like to convince some people to think a bit differently about workshop safety.

If you find anything useful, or if you have questions or comments, I would like to hear from you. Please email me at cdhepler38[at]comcast[dot]net. Put the word, "woodworking" in the subject or body, so that my spam filter will pass it on.

 

  
   

Doug Hepler