Questions answered – Painting projects Q: I was wondering of you could talk a little bit on painting your pieces. The tool chest you finished recently and many of the boxes have a lovely paint job, at least from the photos. I apologize if you mentioned this somewhere. I did read about the shellac that…
Texture comes from life moving through generations, centuries, culture-defining events and is the wear of life in work, made goods and life itself. We have texture in us that presents our identity as this or that being. We are known by our personal texture, we make texture and live in texture. Woven together, fibres create…
St Fagans National History Museum In my research this week I have found myself more and more looking for texture of the lives of craftsmen and women from times past and thereby found myself time and time again contenting myself with a different view. I see hundreds of pieces of work each week in my…
Rabbeting without a rabbet plane – rebate UK Someone wrote me and asked me if there was a way he could run a rebate to stock without a machine and special planes. There is a way I use quite often that works fine. It may take a couple of practice pieces but you soon get…
A visit to Cardiff Castle Penrhyn Castle has much in common with Cardiff castle in one thing alone. The manorial house aspects of what was built was built on the poverty of miners and quarrymen labouring above and below ground for a pittance of a below-subsistence level wage. What we admire and respect above ground…
Miles has asked me what to use to flatten a belly on the large flat face of a chisel because he can’t seem to get one corner of an older Marples’ chisel. This should take no more than 3-4 minutes as Marples are not particularly hard chisels and this then becomes their main advantage in that they…
Living in English speaking countries as I do, i have no issue with language when I read magazines, forums, blogs etc. I would like to know whether each country that does not speak English as a first language has its own printed version of a woodworking magazine. I am thinking of countries like Germany, Belgium,…
Paul, I’m playing along at home with your book and dvd’s. I notice that you’re using the marking gauge for laying out mortises but not for scribing the layout for dovetails. Your thoughts on the use of a marking or cutting gauge for dovetails would be appreciated. PS I’m having a ball doing this! Thanks,…
I bought two magazine issues in the past week or so, to help relieve a few dull spots in airports and taxis and as so often is the case I was soon disappointed by the very predictable content. With no real depth, I found myself skimming the content looking for something seriously different and then…
Hi Paul, I have a question(s) regarding high angle frogs. First, do you use high angle frogs in your shop? Second, have you used some of the newer frogs ie. made by Lie Nielsen? Do you believe there is an advantage to these planes when needed in crazy grain or is it a matter of…