Tasks completed today
…router and have any of the dovetails interchange any of the tail recess with perfect accuracy in any wood. I have never seen anyone do this before, yet I can do it…
…router and have any of the dovetails interchange any of the tail recess with perfect accuracy in any wood. I have never seen anyone do this before, yet I can do it…
…Lots of pressure now; joints, planes, sharpening, waterstones, gauges and bevel-edged chisels; dispelling the myths and lies about secondary bevels and chatter in planes. A good day de-industrialising more woodworkers…
…plane. I use moulding planes and tongue and groove planes in my everyday work rather than turn on the router, which usually happens by necessity a couple of time a…
…sharpening at its best as I teach you how And watch out for my hand plane techniques too. I show you how to set your planes by sound…
…an exercise in patience and understanding. In 47 years I have never cut dovetails by machine or router, only by hand saw. These dovetails were cut by sight and by…
…the bandsaw and router. Factor into that the high risk issues, dust masks, eye protection, noise issues, personal safety, safety of materials and so on and you get much nearer…
…essential skill that produced results according to their desire. In other words, the plane or tool they make doesn’t merely guarantee results by controlling the tool as with routers and…
…methods designed for mass production. There is no skill needed for most types of machine woodworking. Most monkeys can push a button and push wood and if a CNC router…
…and teasing the fibres with a sharp chisel radically different than say using a router or radial arm saw. The mallet blows were going most of the day and though…
…self discipline, skilfulness, creativity, future, inspiration and freedom. Just how does a machine of any type replace a chisel, or a belt sander a scraper? How do you plane the rim…
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