Editor’s Letter: What is “fine woodworking”?

What is “fine woodworking”?

I am a long-time woodworker and a faculty member in the Fine Woodworking Department at the Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, N.M.

I’ve noticed that while we certainly teach it and emphasize the fundamental concepts of it, we rarely define for our students what “fine woodworking” means. My research on the internet has not really met that need for me, so I thought maybe you could help. I seem to remember reading a very good and succinct definition in one of your articles a few years back, but I’ve been unable to find it.

—Russell Smith, Santa Fe, N.M.