Making a Curve-soled Plane – and Others??
…of wood as I did, or you can use three pieces. Whichever you choose, the composition of the plane is gluing up four components the inner parts of which are…
…of wood as I did, or you can use three pieces. Whichever you choose, the composition of the plane is gluing up four components the inner parts of which are…
…at a lower price. Vises would be a good example. Record vises of old, quick-release ones, could never be beaten. The company was taken over, the vises were dropped and…
…variety of complex issues new woodworkers struggle through in developing their first substantive project. In this particular case (literally) we have complex issues surrounding the making of larger scale dovetailed…
…got back to work. This blogpost might help to cast a different, alternative light on what is effectively a simple task complicated by, dare I say it, over-information. More controversy…
…floor or coming through the walls, I am now replicating in reverse what I had before. For complete success, comfort and to avoid confusion it must pretty much replicate the…
…way to dovetail? Would you fail the exam or contest or competition because of tradition? I once used a 5-ton log splitter to split an unknown tree limb and stem…
…that make it accessible for many, but not all. For beginners, we recommend our sister site, Common Woodworking. Common Woodworking Feeling like the beginner woodworkers needed more guidance and specific…
…about 10 years ago I never used a computer. The woman that supported me with Internet work and computer work suddenly quit and I had to find out how computers…
…and on up to buffing compound at around 12,000-15,000. One takes a hundred times more effort to cut the wood and that lack of true sharpness is then reflected in…
…dovetails exposed this way will be on a carpenter’s tool chest because, well, it was just common for common toolboxes. What I did do though was create the composition. This…
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