Flying in to another new year
…our woodworkingmasterclasses.com and that excites me all the more. In a few days we start making dovetail joints, the through or common dovetail, which is of course another of the…
…our woodworkingmasterclasses.com and that excites me all the more. In a few days we start making dovetail joints, the through or common dovetail, which is of course another of the…
…building the workbench has established the down-to-earth workbench everyone needed to get seriously into hand tools. Seeing pictures coming in of complete and part completed benches is my great reward….
…it might help to give my personal insights into the different woods that I have worked with for almost five decades. Most of them are common enough, but I also…
…chisel I can highly recommend is this Sorby registered mortise chisel, which sells for around £22 and can be obtained from Tilgear UK. Tilgear sells 1/8″, 3/16″, 1/4″, 5/16″, 3/8″…
…be tools cycling through for decades to come as long as tool prices are better than scrap metal and recycled raw metal prices. Secondhand or new I have wanted to…
…always had a heightened sense of anticipation for the coming week. Though in recent years my work has radically changed to include writing, photography and filming too, I always did…
…the Holes Depending on the knobs you obtain, some knobs come with predrilled holes or inserts to attach the knob to the doors with. This not really of any benefit…
…once again equal the standards of the old makers past or those of the north American makers today. www.adriatools.com www.lie-nielsen.com www.veritas.com are three makers I can recommend….
…by a shooting board to get a crisp meeting point. Small mitre box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMmmD9n8gE&feature=youtu.be Large miter box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lYFfvmBCc&feature=youtu.be Shooting board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ypbvcxb-8M&feature=youtu.be For cleaning up long mitres, people sometimes use a…
…my YouTube channel too. Here is one to get you started. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTcReENk9g NOTE:Just so you know, Paul has a new Workbench series. If you are interested in the updated…
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