meditation in outer space

meditation is a solid path to peace. if you meditate every day, you will feel better. life won’t necessarily be easy or even objectively less difficult. but...

rings within rings

there are words and phrases that tell you, regardless of the subject, you’re talking to someone who makes furniture. we don’t talk about “portable” — it’s “knockdown”. we...

oneness

the foundation of buddhist thought is the idea of oneness. it’s so central, it’s often just called “the truth” or “the law” and it’s been described in various ways by...

tenons looser than your morals

everyone’s heard of the festool domino. i think it’s an awesome tool but i don’t own one. i’ve used it and it’s fantastic and in my...

what the fuckless?

i’m ace. nice to meet you.

of course, when people say that you probably just smile and nod and assume they’re informing you they’re somewhere in the panoply of...

(stop) getting groovy with it

you want to cut a groove. a stopped groove. awesome. it’s a fundamental skill but often becomes one you start getting into specialty tools and complex...

a dovetail in a pair tree

you know i love paring guides. this isn’t news if you’ve read any of my articles about sawing or chiseling basics. my view is simply...

a hundred books (part 1)

one of the most frequent questions i get as a teacher is “what should i read?” and i always have an answer. that might be why...

charting the middle path

nearly six hundred years before time restarted itself at 0 (the beginning of the common era), a child was born. many children were born, of course. but...

one tool to rule them all

perhaps the most common question i’ve encountered other than “what handsaw should i buy?” is “should i get a tablesaw?” — and this question has...

breathing enlightenment

when i tell people i’m a buddhist, i get three questions — is that a religion (i thought you said you were against religion!)? what’s enlightenment? do you meditate?

the...

precision is optional?

i was going to call this article “cut roughly but carry a big tenon” but i figured that would get me the wrong kind of search optimization… in...