Traditional Woodworking

✏️ Write this section yourself What drew you to traditional woodworking alongside your engineering work? What does working with hand tools offer that digital fabrication doesn't? How does this connect to your broader design philosophy?

✏️ Write this section yourself Describe the tool tote — what joinery techniques did you use, what wood species, and what did you learn? Then describe the three outdoor benches — following plans for mortise and tenon joints, what was challenging about cutting tight-fitting joints by hand? What tools did you use?

✏️ Write this section yourself Describe your process for laying out and cutting joinery. How do you mark, measure, and test for fit? What mistakes did early attempts produce, and how did your technique improve across pieces? What does this kind of slow, deliberate making teach you that machining or 3D printing doesn't?

✏️ Write this section yourself How do the finished pieces hold up — structurally and aesthetically? What do these projects mean to you in the context of your engineering career? How has working with your hands at this level influenced the way you think about design and fabrication professionally?