Buying good tools cheap – On chisel hammers
…you can find them in the US here but shop around because you will find them cheaper elsewhere. This is indestructible and it really delivers the goods as far as…
…you can find them in the US here but shop around because you will find them cheaper elsewhere. This is indestructible and it really delivers the goods as far as…
…of the cutting iron didn’t ride the walls and cut the walls on the backstroke, which is a general source of damage in using plough planes. it is a good…
…made. I just bought one on eBay as a BuyitNow bargain at £31. This is a good price for an older little used model. I own a couple made by…
…early cheap goods paid for the developed Asia we know today where quality often equals or surpasses our present-day domestically made goods. The right and wrong of it I really…
…lose a little bit of history and no one in two generations will know anything of what took place when we were deceived into buying cheap goods. THe past generations…
…skilled work and away from machine woodworking alone. I’ve written enough to help people see what tools will work to get started in a series called Buying Good Tools Cheap….
I think all too often we want a one-size-fits-all tool we can suit to every task without compromise. I confess that’s how I see certain tools, for the main part…
On plough planes briefly. Someone mentioned out-of-parallel fences on plough planes. This can be a problem and happens often on old plough planes that were new decades ago but left…
Marking gauges – getting to the point As with the single pin marking gauge, the twin pin mortise gauge still proves the most practical gauge for me and one I…
Hand planes are the source of great debate these days. I can’t imagine such a silly thing really. The internet has connected many debaters with little good fruit, but some,…