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…the minimalist tool list as well as tools made by the modern counterparts of the old Stanley and Record tools. We will be dovetailing and mortise and tenoning, raising panels…
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So far in the month-long class
What we are learning. I did design this project from a practical standpoint. Old tool chests held lots of tools but they were often impractical in terms of access to…
A Long Post On My Feelings—Part II
…of teaching woodworking to others and the reason I wrote my Essential Woodworking Hand Tools book about the specifics of which tools are essential for hand tool enthusiasts. With three…
The Meandering Path of Woodworking
…tools I had used throughout my life I could readily adapt and adopt for the work in the cello. Apart from one or two specialist tools, we did the whole…
It’s Black and White Woodworking Reality
…hold their hand tools and compose their bodies after just three days for some of them. You see they are listening all the time. They want input into their lives….
Starting Out on Your Own – Don’t Get Discouraged
…with wood and hand tools and people. There are others who have taken a similar stand against commerce and commercialism to become lifestyle woodworkers, some of them I know and…
I’m Taking a Sabbatical – kind of
…class is limited to 15 people and at the time of posting this we have 10 spaces available. A Cabinet Makers Tool Chest The second classic is a tool cabinet…
Saws – Buying and Using
…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…
IKEA—30 Years of What?
…As far as I have seen through the years is it is not so much IKEAS ability to design and democratise but more their ability to produce zero- or minimalist-design…
Month-long update
It can be a challenge for such high standards to be accomplished in so short a time using my minimalist methods and measures, but the results prove the efficacy of…