Cabinet Shop at Colonial Williamsburg

A Woodworkers Pilgrimage

This modest building is the cabinet makers shop in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.  This shop has serious Roy Underhill connections, the hot link is just in case you don't know who Roy is?  If you don't, you probably aren't reading this blog anyway.

  This photo came to my attention from another blog that I follow, Tom's Workshop.  Tom sets out each week to introduce a blog or site by another woodworker so that ideas can go around and around.


  My wife and I went to Williamsburg a couple of years ago, it was great.  I only had about a thousand questions to ask that they patiently answered them all.  The entire experience at Williamsburg in all aspects was worth the trip and would be worth another trip in the future.


Williamsburg Website

Completed Boat

A small boy and his new boat

   Sunday was Kieran's birthday, he is the apple of many people's  eye's and so he gets many great gifts each year.  This year he requested that Opa make him a sail boat. Last week you saw the work in progress, today the result.

the sail was made by Oma

   Oma also made K a Titanic cake,

chocolate and white cake with layers of icing and the iceberg was whipped cream. He loved the boat cake, but the one I made will out last the Titanic.


   It was very interesting, K immediately latched onto his blue boat and seldom put it down.  It was not because the boat was/is beautiful, I think it is because it is wood.  Wood have a feel to it that no amount of plastic can replace.