So, what's been going on in the GWW workshop?
Well, last Friday, I had a day's tuition with RPT Andy Pickard to learn the art of thread chasing.  
It's definitely not as easy as it looks and my take aways from the day were that Rome wasn't built in a day and that as usual, the sharper the tools, the better.  So I have to invest a couple of hours to sharpen my thread chasers.  It will be worthwhile in the end and at least I can listen to podcasts or the news while lapping them.

I earned some money too, selling some seam rippers, bowls, pens and a needle case, so that will help finance building my business.

One of the things that is really important to me is having a good brand.  A local printer and graphic design firm, Orchard Press, did a really nice job designing my logo and printing business cards for me.   The cards are double-sided, with a QR code for my website on the back.
I want to be able to give out business cards when I start going to craft fairs and wanted a nice wooden presentation box for them.  It was a good opportunity to use hand tools (mostly).
After preparing the stock on the bandsaw, I used handplanes to get the stock to the desired 6mm thickness before ripping the pieces to width on the tablesaw.  I used my iGAGING setup blocks to make sure the setup was as accurate as possible.



I cut the ripped pieces to length by hand and then made the mitres using a Veritas low angle block plane on my shop-made mitre shooting board.  I made the shooting board a while ago and this was the first time I had used it in anger.



I pre-finished the pieces with shellac and paste wax before assembly.



A successful glue-up...all that's needed is sanding to 400 grit and applying finish.



The completed box - sanded to 400-grit with 5 coats of garnet shellac and a coat of paste wax.