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Slow before fast.
Wood that grew over decades cannot be hurried into being. Every plank rests, dries, and settles before it meets a blade.
Wood that grew over decades cannot be hurried into being. Every plank rests, dries, and settles before it meets a blade.
Machines square the lumber. Hands give it character. The final pass is always a knife, an oil, a cloth.
A board should remember its tree. We finish to reveal grain, not to disguise it.