Ben Harkins

@lefthandhawk.bsky.social

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Woodworker, outdoorsman, ttrpg gamer. He/him Trans rights are human rights

A small chest sits on a workbench. It has carvings on its vertical faces, but these are hard to see.
A board with a continuous hexafoil pattern rests across my lap, with a scandi carving knife on top. It's mid process, with some of the pattern cut into the board and some of it traced out with a compass.
A yellow stick chair is set outside among many fallen leaves.
A chair is set on a work bench, painted a bright yellow
A stick chair, minus the headrest (called a comb). In the background is a messy woodshop with lots of wood shavings in piles on the floor.
Many oak dowels on a workbench, awaiting saw cuts to place wedges in .
A chair seat is held awkwardly vertical to a workbench using a metal holdfast.
A very messy garage workshop, with a joiners bench in the foreground and bandsaw in the background. On the bench is a seat blank with a brace and auger on top.
A bowl of cereal, with three shredded wheat biscuits filling the bowl.
A small coffer stands on a very messy work bench, surrounded by hand tools.
A page from a woodworking manual, showing three different setups for a jig called a donkey's ear shooting board.
A hand drawn representation of a joint that combines a traditional rabbet joint with a miter joint.
A travelers journal, pages held open and covered in terrible cursive writing. On top is a sheet of blotting paper with many little squiggles and spots of different colors.
A book "American peasant" and an envelope with a cabinet scraper inside. In the background is a cocktail in a low rocks glass.
A horizontal sheet of white paper with 9 different rows of text. Each row is written in a different color. This is an ink sample sheet.
A screenshot of a music app, showing Bob & Doug Mckenzie from great white north singing 12 days of Christmas
A hexagonal box with an inner and outer compartment, meant for a space to roll dice or keep them separated. The lid is nearby with alternating stripes of dark and light wood, inside the box is a leather pad with botanical shapes etched into it.