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The word count tool<\/strong> tells me that I have now written more than 100,000 words on this blog, enough to fill two average non-fiction books, in addition to posting more than 500 original photographs since starting in September 2008. At this milestone, I again say thank you, dear readers,<\/strong><\/em> for including Heartwood in your woodworking reading among the ever-growing multitude of choices online and in print. I hope this blog helps expand your technical understanding<\/strong> as well as your enjoyment<\/strong> of woodworking.<\/p>\n I still believe that blogging can share information in a fresh and nimble<\/strong> way unmatched by textbooks and magazines, often exploring areas that other media neglect. Topics can be covered briefly or, using the series<\/strong> format, at considerable length and depth. Moreover, it’s fun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I will continue to offer content based on my hands-on woodworking experience<\/strong>\u00a0– real-deal stuff “arising from the sawdust and shavings of my shop.”\u00a0If there is a topic you would like to see covered,<\/strong> drop me an email and I’ll try to write on it, but only if I know what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n If you are at all inclined to add a comment<\/strong> on a post, please do!<\/strong><\/em> I wish there were more comments because they share knowledge and help me connect with readers. I must hold comments for moderation and close commenting 30 days after posting because though Akismet blocks 98-99% of the many thousands of spam comments, a substantial number get through and they are often ugly.<\/p>\n Also, please feel free to email me with your woodworking questions.<\/strong> I love this craft and want others to enjoy it too, so I especially like helping novice woodworkers get oriented and move on to building things.<\/p>\n As a personal update,<\/strong> I am recovering from recent shoulder surgery so I cannot do any woodworking for a while. I should eventually be fine, but in the meantime, oh, how I miss building stuff!\u00a0<\/strong>This has also forced me to cancel the talk-demonstrations on drawer fitting and options for smoothing plane setups that I was scheduled to present in March at the Northeastern Woodworker’s Association annual Showcase<\/a> event in New York.<\/p>\n The next series<\/strong> in the blog will be on my sharpening bench and setup<\/strong> which has undergone many revisions and refinements over the years.<\/p>\n As always, thanks for reading, and happy woodworking to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The word count tool tells me that I have now written more than 100,000 words on this blog, enough to fill two average non-fiction books, in addition to posting more than 500 original photographs since starting in September 2008. At this milestone, I again say thank you, dear readers, for including Heartwood in your woodworking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}