Welcome to Woodworking for the Blind.

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History.

5 Years and 50 Woodworking CDs.

150 magazines recorded providing members with a library of more than 400 hours of woodworking instruction.

Introduction

This website is composed and edited entirely by blind woodworkers who are members of Woodworking for the Blind and participate in a Yahoo Groups forum answering each other's woodworking questions and exchanging information about tools, techniques and projects. The website will archive important how-to-do-it information and resources for blind and low-vision woodworkers.

How does someone who can't see do woodworking?

Just like a sighted person does. We use special measuring tools but that's about it. Many blind rehabilitation facilities teach woodworking to their students. It is very empowering once you find the courage to push a piece of wood through a high speed spinning blade.

Also, many people lose their sight over time. Many of us have always done woodworking and do not want to give it up. But whether you were blind at birth or lost your sight later it does not matter.

The vision that creates is not in our eyes, it's the vision in our mind's eye that gives it life.

Note: This site is created for screen readers. Consequently some words are spelled phonetically so the reading software will pronounce them correctly.

For information about joining Woodworking for the Blind and receiving woodworking magazines in audio format or joining our forum, visit the Woodworking for the Blind Information Page.

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