…to compensate with a 35 degree bevel. Our favourites, though are old chisels such as the (pre Irwin) Marples. https://commonwoodworking.com/buying-a-chisel/ Mortise Chisels https://paulsellers.com/2015/04/bevel-edged-chisels-or-heavy-mortise-models/ https://paulsellers.com/2012/07/chopping-mortises-bevel-edged-or-mortise-chisels-video/ https://paulsellers.com/2015/04/bevel-edged-chisels-or-heavy-mortise-models/ Here is some information on…
…the hand can adapt to the more square profile of the blocky combination gauge, it is still left lacking when it comes to comfort. thankfully we use it for just…
…project, and that seems such a reward in and of itself, but somehow there comes with it a sense of joy-filled completion when nothing is to be added to it…
…relies on the reputation the founders and makers of the company established. The tools were once excellent and competed with the best Sheffield had to offer. Not so any more…
…you may need this link. There is more information on dovetail saws here: https://paulsellers.com/2012/01/minimalist-tools-dovetail-saws/ Handsaws and Panel Saws The following articles give some good recommendations. https://paulsellers.com/2012/12/questions-answered-which-handsaw-for-a-beginner/ https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/comparing-saws-getting-started/ https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/get-ready-get-set-got-files-go/ To read…
…with a penchant for mastering hand skills with hand planes. He went on, “It’s important to remember that planes come from a slower age when the progression towards competency was…
…looks like a complicated inlay. For the aprons I veneered these after I had completed the joinery to maintain the uniform thickness I wanted for the joinery layout and cutting….
…styles commonly called Mission Style furniture. It’s not in any way complicated to make but very comfortable. Surprisingly, I first discovered this when my studies in American furniture took me…
…left unchecked. Open time seemed to me to be about 1/2 an hour, plenty long enough for all assembly procedures and certainly an advantage in complex glue ups. My next…
The combination gauge Two gauges common to woodworking are the marking gauge and the mortise gauge and both are essential primarily to joinery. Mortise gauges tend to be more expensive…
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