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…It’s always surprised me how complicated simplicity becomes in so many realms. Scraper holders for card scrapers need no adjustable bending to have the card scraper cut, they just need…
…It’s always surprised me how complicated simplicity becomes in so many realms. Scraper holders for card scrapers need no adjustable bending to have the card scraper cut, they just need…
…pieces of equipment and tools like plough planes and shooting boards. Accessibilty is immediate as with a single pull the wellboard comes out and slides easily back into place. My…
…videographer and editor. It can be a tough call sometimes because retakes can be hard or impossible. Something said can easily be replaced with a retake, dropdown or even a…
…truly sharp plane but the long-grain versions plane easily. I made it hard on myself on this set by combining end-grain with long-grain side by side. Coasters from scraps of…
…feet of stately homes. Of course, these days complex moulds are on everything everywhere from dado rails to skirting boards(base trim USA), architraves (door trim USA) and so on. But…
…The bulk of water still in the wood makes it scallop and shape easily; greenwood peels, carves and shapes like peeling a potato. Dry hard wood is a different ball…
…with a more spongy resistance where the wood compresses markedly until the compressing wood springs back into the cutting edge. Think Newton’s law of third motion. The hardness of a…
…and so stout that I cannot move it easily on my own. The door and sides of my cabinet are made exactly the same way and with quarter-inch panels as…
…real austerity of the war years changed the quality of hand tools in Britain forever. Here is an example of what I mean. I took a clunkish tenon saw I…
…pristine shape, its carefully formed wedge and the floated throat, I feel inspired to set the same example in my everyday work too. Watch out for the upcoming restoration workshops…
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