Two-day class this coming weekend
…they were launching into both paid and unpaid careers as lifestyle woodworkers. It all began with an at-the-bench lecture, a 30-minute demonstration, a craftsman sharing his skill and friends gathering…
…they were launching into both paid and unpaid careers as lifestyle woodworkers. It all began with an at-the-bench lecture, a 30-minute demonstration, a craftsman sharing his skill and friends gathering…
…any other sharpening machine. Bench Planes Dismantling and reassembling a #4 smoothing plane regardless of the maker suddenly makes sense when you must make the plane shave off a thousandth…
…the middle of each benchtop. I reminded them that tomorrow they would be back in the real world and everyone smiled. Bench planes were stowed and chisels placed in the…
…For My Garden Bench Parts So it’s oak. It’s 5″ thick and you need 3 1/2″. There is no doubt that the bandsaw makes shorter work of ripping it to…
…standard stools. It also struck me that people often scooted their bar stools nearer to the bench or pushed them back to a bench and in both cases this was…
…yet another email from someone who followed the YouTube Bench-build and built his first bench. It stood testimony to his sense of wellbeing. I felt his pride for him. Why…
…braces and brass and ebony shoulder planes, chariot planes and Norris infils was a wooden mallet made from beech but rich in those hues no modern stain maker seems at…
Day four goes well again! Today passed quickly yet again and before we knew it we were sweeping masses of hand plane shavings from the workshop floor and benches. It’s…
…passed in a heartbeat. Much faster than I thought they would and before I knew it I was sitting on a bench by the pond getting my journal up to…
…my courses whether it’s through hands-on around my bench or hands-on at your own bench in the garage or wherever. We are taking it back. No longer will woodworking be…