Just Some Random Thoughts
…me gain more ground. The successes leads to more success The workbench made from plywood has been a great success but in the background the Q&A on the coping saw…
…me gain more ground. The successes leads to more success The workbench made from plywood has been a great success but in the background the Q&A on the coping saw…
Oh, it was such a sick, sinking feeling in my spirit. My student’s Irwin Record #4 smoothing plane sat bright blue atop his workbench awaiting my critique. He was proud…
…my recently upgraded chisels replete with storage tray to fit my workbench and keep the chisels close to hand and in order. This is well worth doing though doing eight…
…to make. Paul has used this style of trestle around the shop for years and used them in his workbench project to provide a solid base to work from. Videos…
He reaches across the workbench for a plane and says, ‘Let’s get crackin’ then.” His plane’s a Woden. Well used, well worn, well ‘broken in’. Mine’s new, narrow, a #4…
…crafts anything with their hands from wood. More amazingly is the reality that with less than ten lifetime hand tools you can do this…plus a workbench or workmate. Then, more…
…above my workbench. I am always finding myself ducking as I pass through. I don’t know how people above six foot go on. So my task this day was to…
…not have noticed yet but I have permanently installed the plywood workbench in my workshop. It’s actually the prototype one that is fully fitted out with under-the-well-board storage, a tool…
…be ever changing but the result for me is the reality of wood. Wood, my hand tools, my workbenches and the ability to make makes me sane in an otherwise…
…how it is with passing things on. They’re handed down you see, these trade secrets. These word-of-mouth encounters twixt boy and man at the well of a workbench, hand-on-shoulder experiences…
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