Tails and Pins – Which is Best?
…tails first as a matter of course. Understand that though we call through dovetails common dovetails, it is relatively more common to cut half-lap dovetails than through or common dovetails….
…tails first as a matter of course. Understand that though we call through dovetails common dovetails, it is relatively more common to cut half-lap dovetails than through or common dovetails….
…finishes hard. 7:The famed and abandoned multi combination planes were a poor substitute for moulding planes dedicate d to task and shape. The idea was that the combination plane had…
…above comes first in the training training to draw. Remember you are not drawing for the approval of others so don’t be saying to yourself, “I can’t draw!” and “I…
…reward of good work isn’t the financial income at all. Income has no measure compared to the enjoyment you gain from seeing something completed come from a tree. You start…
…month trying to meet all of the deadlines and making sure I wasn’t the bottleneck to others completing their work and keeping to schedule. Putting tools away sharp and ready,…
…overnight development. Coming up with moulds for casting metals in the pre-plastic, pre-3D printer era meant carving and shaping wooden moulds by the dozen, trials of components all the way…
…completed our month-long furniture making course. The continued course will expand over the months and years ahead until completed. Foundational and Two-day Discovering Woodworking Courses Beyond the three month program…
…in awe of how the wood worked and then experienced admirable qualities of strength, resilience, colour and grain configuration. Yew is common enough as a tree, but it’s less commonly…
…issue by companies like Two Cherries and also give them the confidence that they can. It’s tiresome to have to address issues like this and to take on the giants…
…internet changed all of that in many ways and though tool dealers still exist, tools are being distributed, discovered and collected differently now. Most of my ‘special‘ finds come via…
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