Sometimes I panic
Yesterday I found myself in a group of people from mixed backgrounds: An MP and his wife and daughter, a clothes designer/manufacturer and his wife and daughter a retired dentist…
Yesterday I found myself in a group of people from mixed backgrounds: An MP and his wife and daughter, a clothes designer/manufacturer and his wife and daughter a retired dentist…
Magazine articles that mislead I have tried to work through some issues relating to “freedom of the press” to see if that means licensed to lie or that magazines remain…
Here I tackle another concern about an article about benchtop sanders in Fine Woodworking issue #221 September/October 2011 by Roland Johnson. Right off the bat Johnson states up front in…
Looking at the tools I find they often seem quite ordinary on the web pages, but knowing some history and handling them in daily work often reveals remarkable creativity in…
As a follow up on scarce finds on eBay I thought it might be useful to convert and existing gauge to approximate a similar but home made retro-make design that…
What kind of plane creates this? It was advertised on eBay last week as a toothing plane, which any woodworker worth half his or her salt will know that it’s…
Ok.Now that you have altered the pin direction you should reshape the stock of the gauge, an irreversible step. The shape is not really so much symmetrical as simply…
OK. Here I go again! Here is what we are actually admiring. This Stanley 5061 gauge is the best commercial-grade mass-made gauge that ever entered the woodworking market…
I actually find adverts quite helpful and informative but that’s more occasionally than every time I pick up a magazine. I do like to see new product lines and see…
I walked through the woodlands and grounds to Penrhyn Castle workshop this morning. Mist from the sea rolled in with the tide and soon the mottled sky of blue and…