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Category Archives: architecture
Loyalty , Ethics and Reason
He settled on the inner ash wood sill, leaning against the doorjamb–cypress timber the skilled carpenter planed years ago and set up with a plumb line. Contrary to the attribution in the drawing, that quote is actually from the Odyssey. … Continue reading
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Ockham’s Eraser
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” Albert Einstein Last week, I opened an e-mail from our public library, … Continue reading
Tolerance and Precision
Lufkin…Starrett…Brown & Sharpe…The Holy Trinity Skeat: … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, boatbuilding, carpentry, traditional building, woodworking
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blue sky
The Russian Bantry Bay Gig, Penetanguishene, 1994 If you can find a copy of Barns, Beams, and Boats online, it is the foundation story behind this boat. Lance Lee, fresh out of the Marine Corps. in the 60’s, went to … Continue reading
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Never and Always
Winding sticks on a board, preparing stock. Mind the gap. This is the first start-to-finish benchwork project for me in several years, salvaged Asian mahogany from a pallet. After sorting out most of the embedded gravel, nails, and broken drywall … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, carpentry, traditional building, woodworking
Tagged Apprenticeship, Architecture, Timber framing, woodworking
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Remarkable
Wendell Berry, in his book of essays What Are People For? (North Point Press, 1990) has a short piece titled A Remarkable Man, which is a review of All God’s Dangers. With no reason to believe that I can write a … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, education reform, woodworking
Tagged $20k house, Architecture, Rural Studio
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J L Hammond, a working history
J L Hammond and Barbara Hammond are two of the greatest historians you’ve probably never heard of. In the early years of the twentieth century, they were commissioned by the British Labor Research Department to investigate the social and economic … Continue reading
Posted in agrarian reform, architecture, food for thought, political economy
Tagged $20khouse, Agriculture, Architecture, Downton Abbey, Education
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