Cherry Is a Journey
I’m almost done with my new coffee table design for the Sellers’ Home living room series seemingly coming together from nowhere piece by piece. By that, I mean that the…
I’m almost done with my new coffee table design for the Sellers’ Home living room series seemingly coming together from nowhere piece by piece. By that, I mean that the…
…that I have used in the shop for two years or more. My policy in testing maker’s tools is that after an initial test I tell them what I feel…
Q Hi Paul I had a question on sharping for you. I want to buy diamond stones and know you recommend them over Japanese water stones but which ones do…
“The rails be trimmed fair and fettled to size with smoothness ‘neath my wood sole” Well, friends, it’s a fair test though not truly scientific. I tested a series of…
Bench tests like the ones I do are rarely practiced over extended periods. I know that’s perhaps a bit wide sweeping but I also think that it’s near to the…
…Some students were new to this and I should have recorded the questions and answers, which I have considered doing for the online broadcast. Questions on saws and chisels and…
…happen as smoothly as possible for all. Considering that most of the questions come in from what we give for free I think that, again, THEY ARE AMAZING!!! Does this…
…that occurs naturally by freehand holding and sharpening the cutting edges of my tools. `I generally don’t use a honing guide because, for the majority of my sharpening, freehand is…
…into barrels and the computer mercilessly directs its minion slaves 24/7 — as does the music! Such soulless work comes from a brain programmed to work off a rotary cut….
…it’s not a combination gauge at all. On the other hand, many gauges listed or described as mortise gauges are often combination gauges or not mortise gauges at all. In…
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