Repairing the Under-thicknessed Tenons
…mortise hole. Here is a comments question someone asked and I thought my answer might add more light for consideration. Question: Paul, Out of interest, I’ve used Cascamite on a…
…mortise hole. Here is a comments question someone asked and I thought my answer might add more light for consideration. Question: Paul, Out of interest, I’ve used Cascamite on a…
…the end result but both saw handles are oversized. Regardless of saw type, examine the old saws of centuries of makers and you will always find the handles were ‘tight’…
…that, there isn’t provision for screwing a wooden sole to the plane but I surmise that you could use the slot used for adjusting the fence. I would use cheese-…
…say we are now the best, you cannot dismiss past quality and say we are better today than ever because few examples of modern work come near in matching the…
…their past complacencies. Western abrasive companies were indeed losing ground fast and could no longer sell their ‘old fashioned’ sharpening stones even though they actually worked just fine. The woodworking…
…so much perhaps an exam piece but a near replication of something that has been common practice for centuries and so there I almost rest my case, well, initially at…
…not be obvious to Lea’s mother. I’ve been mentoring Lea through three or four projects this visit. I watched her finish her table, and it’s got complexities in it’s constructs…
…exam if you will. When it comes to the cross bearers at the top of the column uprights we also have close joinery where accuracy is of paramount importance. So…
…Hard to imagine but back then, in that first class, I never thought the outreach would be so wide. An email comes in now and again from someone I taught…
…alternative offering of what became known as the ‘Bed Rock’ plane that suggests the name went to bedrock in resolving a perceived problem. Personally I think this comes back to…
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