Roll the Dice
My e-mail regularly delivers notes from readers who’ve tried for the first time a technique or product they learned about in WOOD® magazine, and the message often includes photos that share the results. Sometimes, the email asks, “What did I do wrong?” But most contain some variation of “I’m really pleased with the outcome!” (You’ll see a few examples in “Your Voice” starting on page 6.) The past year’s events dragged many of us kicking and screaming out of our comfort zones, into video conference calls with friends and family, or cooking actual meals in our own actual kitchens. And for many woodworkers, including me, trying new things in the shop. For example, when my daughter, Katie, asked me to make her a dice tower—a baffled box that tumbles dice dropped in…