Selling My Drawings
…hang. I combined oak and walnut with a combination of long-grain and end- or block-grain to create a unique frame that showed handwork along with the hands in my drawings….
…hang. I combined oak and walnut with a combination of long-grain and end- or block-grain to create a unique frame that showed handwork along with the hands in my drawings….
…doing of hand work with hand tools that equips you to compensate, micro-adjust a mismanaged item and negotiate a compromised outcome that wastes absolutely nothing by way of energy or…
…few decades my 15 minutes of being filmed as a DIY-how it’s already been successful. One common question is, “Doesn’t the platform part deteriorate in use because the cutting iron…
…not here in Oxford? Severl months ago I let everyone know about my hand problems. One person, a professional guitarist had had the same issues and had treatment at the…
Seeing beyond the ordinary and commonplace can, at least for some of us, be a challenge. Don’t move with the times and we are accused of being Luddites but we…
…or supplemented their family income by such work. My mother’s amazing ability was common to any seamstress and tailor and, through this seemingly common thing, it became mine too 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…
…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…
…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…
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