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Hand work in wood happens

Hand work in wood happens

Posted by on 25 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 1 comment

The woods drew me from the workshop for an hour’s lunchtime walk today and I was amazed at shifts that evidence the ever-changing sphere I live and create in. Blossom-filled trees slowed me down to think about men like Doug Stowe in Eureka Springs in Arkansas, a craftsman investing himself in the lives of young people at the school he teaches them in. It takes something to single out a chunk of time on a regular basis to spread the news about how we work wood. Then I start thinking about my friend Read More

How to Build a Workbench – Vise Pads and Dogs (part15)

How to Build a Workbench – Vise Pads and Dogs (part15)

Posted by on 23 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 29 comments

This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series Building a Workbench with Paul Sellers
I have all three vises fitted to my bench, two at opposite corners and to my right that is to perform tail-vise operations combining the poor man’s dog in the vise with dowel dogs in the benchtop. I will say up front that bench dogs and dogging systems are for me none essentials. Some may counter this and that’s fine, but I can and have worked without using any bench dogs for decades and when I have had them I forgot they were there. That said, the reason I added them here is to make the bench Read More

How to Build a Workbench – Fitting the Vise (part14)

How to Build a Workbench – Fitting the Vise (part14)

Posted by on 23 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 4 comments

This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series Building a Workbench with Paul Sellers
The final stage of the bench make is to install the helping hands that grip the work of a lifetime. It’s so good to get to this stage and though I do not need any more benches (wherever I am I have a dozen or more to choose from), I want to know that you and hundreds if not thousands of others will own a fine workbench. The vise is best fitted with an auger bit and brace (the first cordless drill) or of course you could use a drill-driver and paddle bit too. I begin by measuring the width of Read More

Myths and mysteries busted

Myths and mysteries busted

Posted by on 22 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 1 comment

Books and articles in magazines are often sources of misinformation rather than information that really helps. You read them, store information gleaned, and then, some time later, try using what you learned as knowledge without a practical application and find that they will not work. This is one of those pieces of information Cross-peen hammers are used by different trades including, but not exhaustively, furniture makers, blacksmiths, joiners and carpenters and upholsterers. In reviewing Mastering Read More

How to Build a Workbench – Fitting the Well Board (part13)

How to Build a Workbench – Fitting the Well Board (part13)

Posted by on 21 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 1 comment

This entry is part 13 of 15 in the series Building a Workbench with Paul Sellers
I realise that these posts are long, but we are invading the worlds of make believe benches, stepping off of the conveyor belt to fantasyland and getting into real woodworking again. To do that we have to have a real working bench that no one can really criticise as being useless, amateurish, fanciful, indulgent or stupid. Time was when a workbench was something you worked on; you cut with a saw on it, chopped on it, chiselled into it even. Sometimes you miscut and gouged it, maybe even once or twice Read More