Buying good tools cheap #1 – Introduction
…maker/manufacturer, importer, tool quality and much more. If a tool lacks finish quality, but delivers accuracy, I will likely suggest the cheaper option. If a tool delivers accuracy for a…
…maker/manufacturer, importer, tool quality and much more. If a tool lacks finish quality, but delivers accuracy, I will likely suggest the cheaper option. If a tool delivers accuracy for a…
…tools were diminishing and the almighty so-called power-tool woodworking was rushing ahead completely unchallenged and seemingly unstoppable. At that time, when I arrived stateside in the mid to late 1980s,…
…that communication is more about listening than whatever I might say. Mostly it’s something I’ve learnt from working with my wood and especially that using my hand tools. I have…
…the list comprises the normal individual tools I might use for laying out joints, followed then by tools to cut them with, surface plane and perhaps keep the tools sharp…
…time. https://paulsellers.com/2011/12/my-essential-tools/ Here are the first 10 to get: https://paulsellers.com/2014/05/questions-answered-ten-hand-tools-three-joints/ And here are some blog posts on what to look out for: My Minimalist Tool List Buying Good Tools Cheap…
…saw rasp. Is this tool with its saw teeth the same as a rasp or file or is it a completely new tool? Can the way it is made and…
…My personal tools then were all squeaky new of course, but the tools in the tool chests and joiner’s boxes these men treasured were all very, very old. Older even…
…hardest to get into hand tool work, but one of the things I am struggling with is how to prioritize the tools that I buy. The shoulder plane seems to…
…rewarding for anyone and everyone. Friday – 12-noon, Saturday – 12-noon, Sunday – 12-noon Finding the Power in Hand Tool Woodworking Saturday – 10am, Sunday 10am Minimalist Woodworker –…
I have written my book on Essential Woodworking Hand Tools and left some tools out because owning every tool in the world is mostly unnecessary and especially is this so…