Tool Ergonomics . . . Don’t settle for Less
I bought my first square, a combination square, in 1965, 90 or so years after Laroy S Starrett invented the tool for engineering machinists. My combination square was made by…
I bought my first square, a combination square, in 1965, 90 or so years after Laroy S Starrett invented the tool for engineering machinists. My combination square was made by…
…Company in Sheffield is responsible for now making these saw blades. It states that the company they are purporting to be dates back to 1828. Almost two centuries. Somehow, it…
…find out if they do. Which files do you recommend? There is an overview & some recommendations in the following blog post: https://paulsellers.com/2015/05/saw-files-lasting-qualities/ A File and Rasp for Beginners https://commonwoodworking.com/buying-a-file/ https://commonwoodworking.com/buying-a-rasp/…
…wood seeks you out. Sometimes you come across a good deal and other times your good deal turns sour in a heartbeat. There are many elements to finding your wood…
…than perhaps commission work does. All too often commissions have price limits and deadlines. making some pieces without a sale using wood no one else has ever seen allows a…
…planes with such Victorian loveliness you’ve rarely seen. In my interest, he saw something and pulled open the drawers to show me the deeper things of woodworking. “I made this…
…the whole is important. It’s this that we call composition. Every man and woman must at some point recognise that though they compose, they are composed. As a man works…
It was as I said, eye opening first, inspiring second and dovetailing third. The first dovetails were really good, the second ones less perfect and then we started the boxes…
…surprisingly smooth and comfortable even though the opening is bigger than it need be. Made from solid beech and nicely sprayed with a lacquer finish I still feel it falls…
From my Journal Entry May 2018 My morning bursts open in my head as I walk the river paths through green fields and to m y work. Ideas waken in…
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