The Hancock Shaker Village – Simple gifts
…spinning or making baskets. Dead simple. Glib comments of self aggrandizement What we pass idle comments on on forums and blogs may well not be much more than mere idle…
…spinning or making baskets. Dead simple. Glib comments of self aggrandizement What we pass idle comments on on forums and blogs may well not be much more than mere idle…
…out. What Shinto has is something every toolmaking company dreams of designing and engineering. If they could come up with one that had a round face too they would be…
…Larson Company Inc San Francisco and no it’s not you or the wood but the saw. The comparison above is of two cuts made with the same saw, before and…
…to do with the alignment and synchronising of the planes I use as anything else. Four or five planes is common to me. The two scrub planes, adapted #78 and…
…skills rarely comes from the professional arena these days, it comes from parents, aunts and uncles, sisters, brothers who took the time to learn and become masters in the silence…
…show you the basics of setting up for use and how to sharpen Which coping saw and blades do you recommend? https://paulsellers.com/2014/11/coping-and-the-costs-of-coping-saws-and-blades/ https://commonwoodworking.com/buying-handsaws/ Using a Coping Saw https://commonwoodworking.com/using-saws/ https://paulsellers.com/2014/02/coping-coping-saws/ https://paulsellers.com/2014/02/coping-coping-saws-addendum/…
…others who were once known for the production of all types of planes. To replace them we have seen new companies emerge and develop their own ideas. Companies like Lie…
…above. Also, it’s good to remember that screw-threaded clamps were not at all always as common to woodworkers as they are today and so were not commonly used in earlier…
…would we have women-only woodworking classes? My Comment: I was surprised that in the USA the percentage of women to men in my classes was highly disproportionate. Roughly, less than…
…seems inappropriate but more and more common. My suggestion is to let common sense prevail and carefully weigh everything in the balance. Ordinary coping saws work really, really well and…
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