16/11/2016 The year is hurrying towards it’s inevitable end and the temperatures in my tropical haven are racing upwards at the same rate. The massive shift in ambient humidity that a good rainy season can induce always wind me up to get joinery that is supposed to last a really long time assembled during the … Continue reading A Table for a shebeen – part 3
20/10/2016 The title picture of this post is meant to remind you of what my shebeen looks like. The beautiful ensemble of chicks in the picture demonstrate how happy they can be around a stove. For fear of mass feminist hysteria, I will leave it at that. It is a case of onwards and upwards … Continue reading A Table for a shebeen – part 2
9/8/2016 Actually, from my feverish and extensive research through the length and breadth of this fair land, a table is by no means compulsory in a shebeen. In fact the only compulsory ingredient is a delinquent supply of Zamalek and/or Windhoek Lager. However in the few exceptional cases where it were found to be present, … Continue reading A table for a shebeen
16/11/2016 It is that time of year once again, to take stock of what happened in the Je ne sais quoi Woodworking shop during the past 11 months. As usual I will add links to the posts I wrote on all the projects in this annual inventory. I started off 2016 with small projects to … Continue reading Project inventory 2016
9/3/2017 This post disappeared from my site while it went into hiding. Here it is again for those of you who missed it. Welcome back to JNSQ woodworking. Here is hoping that we will continue to share woodworking banter and ideas in 2017. This past weekend was my first back in the shop and it … Continue reading My second commission – part 9
