Do Moulding Planes Mould End Grain?
…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…
…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…
…over the length of complex projects and then the same too when we bring in simpler ones too. The nature of the complaints varies of course, but we discuss all…
…a detrimental effect on the wood stored in such a space? Does it “shrink” the wood, or make it harder to work? I know glues come with warnings of working…
This week I have worked substantially with two tools used in woodworking and sometimes in other materials like stone and plastic. One is definitively known as a rasp. Rasps come…
Becoming accuracy Accuracy is not something we are so much as something we become. We must first see what we are not before we can become. Accuracy comprises a blend…
…a man at his bench making the parts and milling the components using hands that knew how to work wood, steel and brass. It.s cleverly devised inside with a dovetailed…
…around the world. We don’t need craftsmen and women any more, we need technicians and engineers on computers to send schematics around the world for them to be made more…
…mastering her sharpening techniques from day one and has never looked back. Since her first class I invited her to come watch and help in each of the classes I’ve…
…way, but it’s the fastest of all I know, apart from machine sharpening in commercial grinders, which no one has access to in general. I have three 3″ X 8”…
…know what I am thinking of doing to make something come together. In my peripheral vision other things hover too and I have been able to make some new decisions…
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