Cabinet Making Isn't Passive

Many of my projects become courses in cabinet making, with everyday other woodworking thrown in for good measure. My work balances out the machinist in us–that couch-potato, tube-watching that's interesting but non-active. My quest for three decades parallels a phrase used in the 1980s and 90s in the USA. "Off the streets and on the creeks." They were trying to get kids out there fishing and taking in the more natural environments our childhoods were so laden with, instead of congregating in the more negative city environments. In my case, it's more an, "Off the couch and less of the slouch." In senior years, it may not always be so easy for many good reasons, I understand that, but anything you can stretch into will be a good thing. Also, there are disabilities too. Other excuses are excuses that postpone the development of skills that will never happen for most.It's a composition. Joinery, the root of the word, comes from the word harmos, from which we get our English word harmony.…