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For the third year running I have attended the summer school at Sturt. For those of you who don't know, Sturt is a craft school located in a town called Mittagong in the Southern Highlands between Sydney (Australia) and Canberra (the nations capital). This year the Summer School boasted of being the largest craft workshop of its type in Australia. There were over 200 students doing everything from 'Making a Coffee Table' to 'Weaving' and 'Painting'.
The course I completed was making a Dovetail Saw. The photos above don't do it justice and while I am probably biased it is a truly beautiful tool. Even better it actually works. The attached photos show a dovetail cut with this saw and I do not lie when I say there was no paring of the faces (only the shoulders).
There were only four students and we were instructed by Paul Nicholson. A great group of guys and a lot of fun to be around for the week (Corydon, Me, Leon and Paul. Mark was not available on the last day for this photo). The last photo is of all of our saws, including Paul's (except Mark's). See if you can pick it. Mine is on the right.
The course I completed was making a Dovetail Saw. The photos above don't do it justice and while I am probably biased it is a truly beautiful tool. Even better it actually works. The attached photos show a dovetail cut with this saw and I do not lie when I say there was no paring of the faces (only the shoulders).
There were only four students and we were instructed by Paul Nicholson. A great group of guys and a lot of fun to be around for the week (Corydon, Me, Leon and Paul. Mark was not available on the last day for this photo). The last photo is of all of our saws, including Paul's (except Mark's). See if you can pick it. Mine is on the right.