Fitting the Hanger Bolts
…too deep and come through the sole of the plane. Drill the 3/16″ (4.5mm) hole for the adjustment mechanism carefully, following the pilot hole and making sure you do not…
…too deep and come through the sole of the plane. Drill the 3/16″ (4.5mm) hole for the adjustment mechanism carefully, following the pilot hole and making sure you do not…
…me, is maturity! I bought a #4 plane for my granddaughter recently. It was an especially nice one that she could work with when she is old enough to use…
…makes the wood difficult to work and please, don’t anyone tell me to use a 50º bevel-up or york pitch plane. It’s really quite impractical. Much easier to plane across…
…The CA glue wicks into the fibres through gravity and capillary attraction . . . Applying the liquid directly to the knotty area allows the fluid to pull itself into…
…frame to a three-dimensional picture. The mouldings are skilfully developed using hand-made moulding planes yet claim no skill by the anonymous artisan. It was on its way to the dump…
…go in, all the other pieces usually take their coordinates from that. Again, simple! How I captured and shaped some of my initial thoughts. Curves and slopes soften the impact…
…week who wanted hand tools and skills in their hands. Many were content with their earning capacity in realms non-manual but wanted real skill and ability that could translate into…
…their capacity. No one should dismiss this economic, four-in-hand rasp as an alternative for a good starter tool. It’s ideal for seeing if shaping is for you and your long-term…
…experiments bring enjoyment to my work with you. In the Facebook post on screwing the dovetail, it was the legalism that I know we are all capable of. Questioning authority,…
…fill in the blanks from someone refusing to punctuate, use caps or whatever. Sometimes we do have to bin them. The joy in the making of the White House pieces…