Shop Truths, Phrases, Tales; and Outright Lies

[Philip Davies]

Here’s a saying, which few toolmakers will have heard, told to me by my friend, Norman Boulton.

“In glue and dust, we place our trust,
If the railways won’t employ us,
The council must!”

Since Norman’s products were on sale in Harrods, I doubt whether he needed to correct his joinery with sawdust and glue, (as I do)