Back in the days when I was starting with Wood Craft, I was desperately looking for the go-to guide about the processes and the tools involved. Woodworking is a vast subject with many branches or sub-genres of this craft like cabinet making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and wood turning. This book is for people who are in their first lap (zero to three years) of the woodcrafting journey and want to have a holistic idea of processes and tools and need help in their initial projects.

Erica Skyberg is thirty-five years old, recently divorced—and trans. Not that she's told anyone yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, isn't exactly bursting with other trans women. Instead, she keeps to herself, teaching by day and directing community theater by night. That is, until Abigail Hawkes enters her orbit.

Wооdwоrkіng hаѕ bееn аrоund fоr thоuѕаndѕ of уеаrѕ. Wе see іtѕ wоrk with оld sculptures аnd intricate саrvіngѕ. Wооdwоrkіng is еvеn seen іn mоrе personal еlеmеntѕ ѕuсh аѕ оn thе соrnеrѕ of caskets fоr funеrаlѕ. Essentially, wооdwоrkіng іѕ the tіtlе gіvеn to аnу process that involves carving оr buіldіng ѕоmеthіng оut of wооd. Thіѕ includes еvеrуthіng frоm building a ѕtоrаgе ѕhеd or kіd'ѕ рlауhоuѕе to a soapbox саr оr kіtсhеn саbіnеtѕ; thе possibilities аrе еndlеѕѕ.

There is something about the smell of wood that makes us want to be around it and create things from it. For thousands of years, our relationship has been one that has existed on many different levels. Wood has been used for building shelters, constructing ships that explored the world, heating purposes, making furniture, and a thousand other things, besides.

Nick shares his experience of working at the woodshop with his ragtag crew of champions, tells you all about his passion for the discipline of woodworking, and teaches you how to make two of the woodshop’s most popular projects along the way: a Pop Top bottle opener and a three-legged stool. This audiobook will take you behind the scenes of the woodshop, both inspiring and teaching you to make your own projects while besotting you with the infectious spirit behind the shop and its complement of dusty wood-elves.