Why Socketed Chisels Turn Loose
Several of you have emailed to ask about your socketed chisels made by Stanley and Lie Nielsen, what I feel about them and why the handles come loose from the…
Several of you have emailed to ask about your socketed chisels made by Stanley and Lie Nielsen, what I feel about them and why the handles come loose from the…
We decided to book some space at the North of England Woodworking Show in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for this coming weekend 18-20 November. I’m bringing a few hand tools as…
…called comfort corners too. I planed these off by planing the narrow edges of the meeting faces where the jointed edges or shoulder lines come together. That doesn’t take much…
Let Sharpening Commence Firstly, let’s assume the saw is just dull but already established as a crosscut saw. My previous blog here shows you what to look for to differentiate…
These past few days I have been working more with bevel ups and bevel downs and in my R&D mode I have found all the more questions in the different…
…for me to contemplate his shocking self-righteous remark. Then he continued “…my problem is staying organised.” Though his comment helped me realise that it was no easier for him than…
…is a question of shape and tooth pattern. It took three strokes to each gullet to shape the teeth enough to get to each tooth tip. I tried the saw…
…and compliment the beauty of the different woods. I love compositions like this where the maker combine the skills of instrument making with woodworking and his work becomes totally absorbed…
…his grandson I continued brushing on shellac to my picture frames. He started to take me to task further with his indirect comments even though his grandson could care less…
…I am making on this I will be showing different options for layout and sizing and also making and cutting to answer as many questions as I can on this….
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