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New Podcast: Shannon’s Lumber Industry Update

Shannon April 10, 2019 21 Comments
Shannon's Lumber Industry Update

After much urging from you all, I’ve launched a new podcast! Well not really new, more of a spin off actually. Introducing Shannon’s Lumber Industry Update (trumpet fanfare) Check it out and let me know…

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New Online Woodworking Classes

Shannon November 19, 2018
online woodworking classes

Periodically I hear from folks that they are interested in some of the online woodworking classes and the projects built here in the school but they don’t want the whole semester. So every once in…

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Apprenticeship, 21st Century Style

Shannon November 4, 2015June 27, 2016 Comments
The Hand Tool School Apprenticeship

From day one of The Hand Tool School I have wanted to build some kind of personalized apprenticeship program. The reality is that when building an online product you have the think about scale. The…

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The Hand Tool School 2.0

Shannon November 4, 2015June 23, 2016 Comments
The Hand Tool School

It all started on a dusty subdomain It was more than 5 years ago that I opened the doors of The Hand Tool School. Every bit of the business was built myself on a shoestring…

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