Start Your Day With a Rethink
…say I can make one comfortably in two six-day weeks. Immediately I get locked into their only way of evaluating who and what I am and why I do what…
…say I can make one comfortably in two six-day weeks. Immediately I get locked into their only way of evaluating who and what I am and why I do what…
…lightest of pressure, the knife gets sharpened immediately. Planes, chisels and spokeshaves work on harder stuff than fruit and vegetables. There are occasions when I plane wood that I need…
…from that then I would likely die from starvation. Now that I have the completed design fleshed out into a completed, fully tested version, I could start to make a…
…freely, uncoerced and honest. Talking to Joseph this week, discussing the next phase in our vision for training woodworkers, we saw the current completion of various parts in the same…
…question is common enough and of course I like especially to steer new woodworkers toward a chisel I’ve tested well and not just once at the workbench because that’s not…
…cut the fastest dovetails or mortise and tenons. We soon learned all the short cuts from one another and the judgement came from older men who weighed up the competency…
…others cite for comparison have mostly been around for a short time and have indeed proven themselves worthy of acclaim when it comes to engineering standards. I am sure as…
…to maintain and sharpen it Sharpening the Router Plane https://commonwoodworking.com/sharpening-a-router-plane/ https://paulsellers.com/2017/01/sharpening-router-cutters-hand-simple-works-best/ The Router Blade Bevel https://paulsellers.com/2014/10/questions-answered-router-bevels-reversed/ How do I use a router plane? https://commonwoodworking.com/using-a-router-plane/ What are the uses of a router…
…the physics surrounding hinges and doors, questions arise around where to position them and this is mostly determined by the rails in relation to the stiles. Even modern doors still…
…replaced. It was the solidity and dependability in an era when I was able to finally dismiss school as more an unreliable place of immaturity to be absorbed into manhood….
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