Another plane story
…can find a handfull of good, old tools to restore and use. My apprentice, John Winter, was asking me about a plane in my tool chest and I told him…
…can find a handfull of good, old tools to restore and use. My apprentice, John Winter, was asking me about a plane in my tool chest and I told him…
…opposite side. There were no nails through the face of the dovetails into the pin recesses as was common practice for most chests. Seventh and last discovery for now: The…
…it all came about. I stand still and breath slowly, watching over the sheep in the meadow beyond the stand of sweet chestnut tress and coppered beech trees that flank…
…be cheaper in the USAnat $109.98 at Woodcraft. You could buy a UK Stanley Chesterman at $35 whilst you are here. They have proved accurate but the Starrett is a…
…my hands have held onto it for too long. Time to pass it on to someone who will use it. I hope that you enjoy it as I have. I…
…work demands most from my upper body. My lungs and chest, my heart beat, the breath I take and more respond to my sensing my work. I don’t so much…
…are pivotal to career prospect success. Now that I have that off my chest I would ask parents whether they would consider a son or daughter being a stone carver…
I’m making a hope chest from oak for the next book due out in the new year. I’m working with the bandsaw on this one so there’s a lot to…
…I sanded away the rust from the combination square the name of the maker emerged and I discovered a Rabone Chesterman square model 1812. The second square was by Crown…
…our shops and become highly protective of the afternoon we dedicate to the task. Sanity in an insane world For me, working on the Hope Chest restrains me and allows…
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