UW Maker Space is a student run organization focused on the exploration of various processes of “making”, some examples of which include metal working, casting, wood working, and digital fabrication. The goal of this group is to push students past theory, through interaction with the physical processes of making, and to foster a community passionate about the traditions of craft and the sharing of information.
ABSTRACT by Melissa Ng Grasping the wooden handle of a dozukime saw with both hands, I make a rip-cut into a block of eastern white pine, leaving behind a 1/64-inch wide kerf. I am cutting a dovetail: a wood joint developed over five-thousand years ago by the hands of our ancestors. Even now, a well-fitted dovetail joint remains one of the strongest, most elegant ways to join wood. I knew nothing about traditional woodworking when I first picked up a hand-plane, but I...