A Note About Wood
…combination of air- and kiln-drying methods or even just kiln dried at a less forceful rate the wood will be less distressed by the process. How to tell stress Whereas…
…combination of air- and kiln-drying methods or even just kiln dried at a less forceful rate the wood will be less distressed by the process. How to tell stress Whereas…
…to go. The issue for me comes when business woodworkers abandon all handwork and then diss hand methods without ever having tried hand methods. I met a serious furniture maker…
…revolved around those elements that made my life a complete dedication to craft and the art of work; indeed, perhaps something that truly expressed the combining of whole-life daily activity….
…I can expand on some things a littler more with my reasoning here too. Also, go to commonwoodworking.com if you are new to or relatively new to hand tool woodworking….
…how many times I have surprised myself by perfection in my work. I sweep my shop and see the order of something completed and though I might not say it…
…example, would you reach for a Veritas router over your Stanley #71? Or one of their custom planes over your Stanley #4? As you say, this is not an either/or…
…become so in woodworking. I think the Shinto sawrasp is indeed such a tool. You might compare it to the Surform plane as it was once called “in the day.”…
…ray cell. Hmm! This knowledge comes only by experiencing the wood you work in your zone at your hands and NY your willingness to sometimes be patient, experiment and take…
…the inside corners of my dining table leg are an excellent example. I have never seen this done by anyone nor seen its application used anywhere. On the other hand,…
…is common to site the top edge of the hinge and resulting recess level with the underside of the top rail and the bottom edge of the bottom hinge level…
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