Earlier this year, for no reason that I can discern, I decided that I wanted to build a spinning wheel. I had no particular interest in spinning, nor any need for a wheel. The best explanation I can come up with is that I am drawn to the past, and the old way of doing things, and I thought it would be interesting to build a machine from scratch.

Earlier this year, before the world changed, I built myself an Architect’s Table, following the design and plans in Tom Fidgen’s book, The Unplugged Woodshop.