Spokeshave bevels on bevel-down spokeshaves
Muscle development in the hands I meant to take pictures of a common problem with spokeshaves bedded at 40-45 degrees. This type includes almost all of the metal-cast models we…
Muscle development in the hands I meant to take pictures of a common problem with spokeshaves bedded at 40-45 degrees. This type includes almost all of the metal-cast models we…
…At present, I have two smoothing planes I just finished with full-size Hock irons bedded at 50 and 55 degrees respectively. I am presently soaking a rag to try the…
…be tough, but he is determined and that’s what makes the difference. So too the men from Bedgellert here in North Wales who car pool the long road from the…
…Accuracy is a dimension. A day comes when a man sees the fully orbed expanse of accuracy and realizes he only glimpsed what it was momentarily. Accuracy is the dead-on…
…have just described above. The quest to be known and recognized is subsumed when the craftsman or woman loses his and her identity in the art of their work. This…
I sharpened Derek’s saw on Saturday and of course it was nowhere near as he described, “Looks like the rats got at it.” It is a lovely saw. Quite lovely….
…orbed drawings and of course we all admired her ability to draw hands. At her invitation I flipped through the hundred pages she had filled during her week-long workshop and…
…through upstate New York you can drive past small lumber mills, stop in and load the trunk or truck with chunky pieces of wood to build your desk or bed…
…side for easy lift out. Cut new dogs from wood as described in the earlier blog. These dogs don’t require springs as the can sit right down on the hole…
…woodworkers in general but fine furniture makers too. They will build everything from chests of drawers to writing desks, office conference tables, some different beds, a dining suite for eight…