Salvaged Saws Survive as a Legacy
…saw was a much neglected specimen. It was unkempt but my inmost considerations proved right. The saw had belonged to her late husband. She knew he bought it with good…
…saw was a much neglected specimen. It was unkempt but my inmost considerations proved right. The saw had belonged to her late husband. She knew he bought it with good…
…are steps we do first, as the square and gauges we use for layout register against these surfaces and accuracy is critical to good joinery and good tight, well-fitting joints….
…In my making, I think of my decision to use mainly hand tools all those years ago. This was one of those rare points where you recollect a punctiliar decision…
…please click the button down below. This page links to a cutting list, tools list, FAQS and much more. Click here to go to the workbench page I have seen…
…it served mostly to prove that the plane was in good working condition when it arrived, but reality hits of course when it needs sharpening. All that really happened was…
…all had fine thinness that make them good for detail work as well as all joint making, paring and so on. They are good for all round woodworking, joinery and…
…rough surfaces, and belt sanded through the 25 years of crud, grime and black dust and cobwebs down to clear wood. Now I have ten perfectly good pieces for shelving…
…couldn’t predict what was happening even though they were designing for the future. They hadn’t realised tools such as these were steadily becoming less needed. Even before the patents came…
…and looking at the grain inside the mortises as I chopped. I used a Faithful chisel to test it out and it worked as good as any I ever tried….
…and some do indeed criticise my projecting that hand tools work so well, but time restrictions curtail those working in the so-called “professional realms” in “the real world” and so…