Questions Answered – A Free Tree Source ?
…have to decide whether this is in fact a gift horse to you. Limbs can be useable wood for a wide range of projects ranging from turned work to spoons,…
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Coping and the Costs of Coping Saws and Blades
…with never an issue of workability and they shaped and cut everything from cutting boards, spoons and spatulas to cello, violin and guitar parts for about 25 years or so…
More On Curved Knives For Spoons
These two knives are used in animal husbandry, to clean and trim the hooves of sheep and goats of different types or breeds. They have stainless steel blades and both…
Bahco Sliding Bevels Keep on Sliding After Lockdown
…spoon handle inside and realised I was doing the very thing I wanted to avoid and introduced a second entity to lock the beam. The extra leverage made almost no…
More on BEING an Artisan
…the last three decades of entertaining and educating we have had about an 80% sale rate on small goods ranging from walking canes to hand carved spoons, inlaid pieces and…
New tools and old tools
…so my lifestyle became inclusive not exclusive as in times past. I never stopped making and selling so my new workload was over and above my existing output as a…
Bringing it Home
…snatching back what the world of mass making has indeed corrupted and robbed us of is critical to the work we do as a major educating entity. To me it…
Gouges
…you sharpen your gouge? All gouges are sharpened differently and sharpened to the task. That being said, spoon gouges and such are usually sharpened at 30 degrees with the heel…
Making ‘Snap-to-line’ Templates
Wednesday 8th March 2017 Making templates Crisp, clean lines for working to. Spokeshaves work well to refine shapes as needed. I use the templates for wood, but then just as…
Past Projects Map Out Progress – Part I
…and spoons to key racks and a plethora of hand made things in steel, bronze, clay, oak splines and of course hand made home made tools like wooden rakes, space…