Making a Curve-soled Plane – The Cutting Iron
Making the cutting iron. I bought a piece of O1 flat-stock 3.5mm (1/8”) X 38mm (1 1/2”) X 460mm (18”). these sizes correspond to imperial conversion. 4mm x 40mm x…
Making the cutting iron. I bought a piece of O1 flat-stock 3.5mm (1/8”) X 38mm (1 1/2”) X 460mm (18”). these sizes correspond to imperial conversion. 4mm x 40mm x…
…detach from the making, and then see the task as being as important as that of making. Sharpening is making! Sometimes I think the most negative influences came in recent…
Hinges come to us in a wide range of highly sophisticated types ranging from the kitchen cabinet, 35 mm hinges intended for mass-making cabinets and giving multidirectional adjustability for face-fixed,…
…great fun filming it. Making Bookcases Another larger project soon is making bookcases and I have the wood ready for this and all being well we will be filming the…
…ran me like he ran his business. Everything was about making money. Unwittingly, he cut my price for making them in half and when I was done he got hand-made…
We have just completed the series on making wooden planes; primarily because we needed a special hollowing plane to shape the seat of our last project which was making a…
…a little more tricky. This little box is invaluable. Everyone should make it to advance their dovetailing and box-making skills, but then added to the whole process of box making…
…diminished skill levels, the plane making process replaced the highly skilled work of the plane maker irreversibly and nowhere is this seen more than in the making of plough planes….
…As we discuss the issues of table making I relate my experiences in making tables and the issues seem less sterile that way. Anecdotes keep everyone interested, but it’s much…
…stool making and used the plane to shape a seat so any input so far is partially correct. Following that we used the same plane for making the Shaker Deacon’s…
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