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…It’s always surprised me how complicated simplicity becomes in so many realms. Scraper holders for card scrapers need no adjustable bending to have the card scraper cut, they just need…
…It’s always surprised me how complicated simplicity becomes in so many realms. Scraper holders for card scrapers need no adjustable bending to have the card scraper cut, they just need…
…video or two on upgrading lower end/grade mass-made planes to see if qualities were issues that compromised functionality compared to say the old Stanley and Record planes and then generally…
…therm is a common phrase. So wherever you see me use this term this is what I am referring to. On all of the commonly used bench planes the lever…
…in some production mode that can’t be interrupted or there will be no blog, no youtube videos and worse still no woodworking masterclasses. That said, we do plan an open…
…sanded from the rough-sawn surfaces created clunky, shapeless tables and chairs that people commonly call ‘character’ pieces. I am not sure when characterless became redefined as character but in my…
…My ten-minute walk early mornings took me over a pasture along the outer fringe of a wooded backdrop where I watched for the birds I loved as distant companions. I’d…
…tenons on the face grain taking one or two swipes and then completing the outer reaches of the surface of the tenon using my #4 smoothing plane. This is a…
…I’ve chosen sapele, an african hardwood with perfect hardness and compression for this work. I’ve used it before and it’s one of the best. Better than oak and comparable to…
…these are not minor things to consider when, by slipping a roughsawn stick into an opening, the wood comes out square, parallel and true in a matter of seconds. I…
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…
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