Self discipline produces results
I had an incredible day again. That may seem like an over emphasis on the ordinary; an exaggeration if you will allow me. Well, remarkably, it was an utter success…
I had an incredible day again. That may seem like an over emphasis on the ordinary; an exaggeration if you will allow me. Well, remarkably, it was an utter success…
As a boy, the men I worked with took scraps from the bins and made projects or kindling for home. Some made Christmas or birthday gifts such cutlery trays…
I thought that you might be interested in a blog I did on Lumberjocks some months ago on saw handles. The reason I mention it is because those that participated…
Moulding the stock Following up from the video film on the strength of these mitres. These are the steps I took to make this picture-frame moulded and inlaid stock and…
Older Spear & Jackson saws can still be found I fixed up a couple of Spear and Jackson saws from the 60’s this week and finished them off today. You…
Question: Hi Paul, I have a question about harvesting wood from a tree. I live in Wimberley Texas, and my neighbor and I were going to be cutting two cedar…
Woods and walks Working with wood can do strange things with your mind. You reject merely looking at pictures of wood because the substitute can’t come close to the real…
These are my last eBay purchases before my US trip. The tenon saw is a Spear & Jackson 8″ dovetail saw with a brass back. Steel backed ones work as…
Here is a post I did recently and now want to show you how to do it through a short video. This is not the same plane shown below but…
When I took my first saw file to my tenon saw I wasn’t a bit worried about the consequences of my inexperienced efforts. That was back around 1965. My thrusts…