Eye-ball dovetails
…I was younger .hos gives me variety and freedom in my creative workspace but it comes only from self discipline and self control both of which are essential to craft mastery….
…I was younger .hos gives me variety and freedom in my creative workspace but it comes only from self discipline and self control both of which are essential to craft mastery….
…the line. I traced out the outline directly from the handle with a pencil, compensating for the roundovers, then went freehand over the lines with the shrp-pointed knife. Snapping is…
…by machine, but the mentality of the workman. Having worked in both camps I can comment on both. Firstly, I quite like the certainty of what the machine makes. I…
When I blogged and even filmed about the Spear & Jackson hands saws it wasn’t because they sponsored me, gave me a kickback or gave me free tools or equipment….
…of the channel and mark the position of the crosshair exactly and square the lines for an exact Come down 5/16″ (8mm) from the bottom of your recess. Square your…
…means I get the exact size for each component. But I admit what goes down on paper might change in the doing of things, changing the final outcome slightly. My…
…any kind of sponsorship or kickback, no freebies or whatever that might influence the freedom I wanted to just, well, be myself. I have many a hundred woodworkers worldwide to…
…we will make. This practice is common, simple, quick, effective and accurate. You can complicate it if you want to but I suggest you take the risk and freeform right…
http://vimeo.com/79755975 I so enjoyed this newest freebie. Many of you asked me for this and we finally pulled it together. These are very effective and they look nice, alternative, different….
Refining and fitting next. Please don’t think that this plane is difficult and complicated to make. It’s not. Curve-soled, round-soled, straight-soled and hollow-soled planes all come via the same patterns…
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