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Another poor man’s router

Another poor man’s router

Posted by on 26 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 1 comment

Poor man’s router Someone recently shared with me a jobsite poor man’s router he uses regularly and I tried it out in an inspired moment recently. It’s made from a #14 (about 44mm shank it looks like) screw and block like the poor man’s beading-cum-marking gauge I have posted on in the recent and distant past. This is infinitely adjustable with screwdriver or screw bit in a drill-driver. Probably everyone knows about this except me, but there will likely be some of you that don’t. Here Read More

Buying locally

Buying locally

Posted by on 26 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 3 comments

I’ve been making boxes all day today, to stock up for customers coming through the workshop. But I also went to buy some wood from my local wood supplier, Richard Williams, about 20 minutes from my town here in Bangor. I have to give this company credit. They have a great staff, very helpful and uncomplaining, but just as important, they have the best European redwood around, which is what I went for. I have a pine bookcase to make as a prototype for a series to be built for a shop. I plan and Read More

Here is an interesting thing

Here is an interesting thing

Posted by on 26 Jun 2012 in Paul Sellers' Blog | 1 comment

This section of European redwood pine shows 135 years of growth rings. It measures 3/4" thick and the growth distance is 4". I am using it on a Shaker candle box I was making yesterday. Each time I looked at it my mind told me that some time in the past I had laminated to separate pieces together at 45-degress, but of course I hadn’t and no one else had either. I allow periodic interruptions by such things as this. It’s hard to imagine in other woods that have almost constant growth with minor Read More

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

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