Questioning the Cross-grain Rim On Toolboxes
…so much perhaps an exam piece but a near replication of something that has been common practice for centuries and so there I almost rest my case, well, initially at…
…so much perhaps an exam piece but a near replication of something that has been common practice for centuries and so there I almost rest my case, well, initially at…
…not be obvious to Lea’s mother. I’ve been mentoring Lea through three or four projects this visit. I watched her finish her table, and it’s got complexities in it’s constructs…
…exam if you will. When it comes to the cross bearers at the top of the column uprights we also have close joinery where accuracy is of paramount importance. So…
…Hard to imagine but back then, in that first class, I never thought the outreach would be so wide. An email comes in now and again from someone I taught…
…alternative offering of what became known as the ‘Bed Rock’ plane that suggests the name went to bedrock in resolving a perceived problem. Personally I think this comes back to…
…to life’s problems, but my stock answer always is this. Life is just like wood, it comes with knots in it. Controversy ebbs and flows around bevel-up and bevel down…
…view was different to others because having lived as a lifestyle woodworker I made different decisions based on a completely different paradigm than say those in regular employment with a…
…that something didn’t quite come out the way they envisaged it should. Often this is due to over expectation as a result of their imagination or seeing myself or others…
…class always has, I break the ice with a welcoming nod and a “Welcome to the inner sanctum of my workshop.” Smiles break out and someone comments, “I’ve seen this…
…alternative is float glass lapping plate, which can be cheaper, but you have to make sure it is thick enough not to flex. One example is this one. Make sure…
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