Questions Answered – Ten Hand Tools, Three Joints?
…for more detailed info. Chisel Hammer: Thorex 712 38mm are best. See blog entry here for more detailed info. Smoothing Plane: Stanley #4 second hand on eBay will likely prove…
…for more detailed info. Chisel Hammer: Thorex 712 38mm are best. See blog entry here for more detailed info. Smoothing Plane: Stanley #4 second hand on eBay will likely prove…
…thoroughly – 4 hours at least. Plane off any excess with a #4 smoothing plane. Use a scraper if the grain becomes difficult or reversed. Sand as necessary. Inlaying the…
…lines of, “when are you going to get a real job.” Of course that meant using power routers for dovetail making and CNC guided machines and systems for shaping any…
…impractical. I like the sloped shelves and flat shelves and like to seat assembled plough planes and router planes fully assembled, which this indeed facilitates. As you can see, I…
…or frame to an exact fit within a fraction of an inch and could remove much more material than a plane ever could and this is something few woodworkers would…
Today I made picture frames with different moulded shapes using moulding planes, smoothing planes, rebate planes, scratch stocks, screws and tenon saws of different types and sizes. The work was…
…Same for the tablesaw, bandsaw and power planer. I calculate about 100 square feet per unit but you can crossover the same space some for a slightly smaller footprint. This…
…on a drawer being made or a plane swipe off the name of a child from a piece of pine to become a wristlet? You see, my life is unique….
…at all. The faces of tenons were all planed level and smooth with no evidence of chisel work. Does that mean they were all sawn or just planed? Not at…
…to clamp the box in the vise and plane the back edge flush again. I also trimmed off 1/16” from the back end of the lid supports so that they…