I’ll be making a couple of these toolboxes, one for this blog and the other for the filming. The methods will be about the same although there may be some variance if I see the need for some practical or necessary reason of improvement. To start with, in this blog I am using up a …
I glued up my toolbox build yesterday afternoon before I left the Penrhyn Castle workshop for home. Multiple dovetails demand your full attention and of course you must drive yourself so as not to procrastinate and so fail to set the tails home into the glued recesses. Dismantling the original toolbox we’re copying is still an …
Cutting the dovetails and coping saw usage It’s not the best way, using a coping saw or a fret saw, but it can speed up the operation if you are in a hurry or making a beehive. On finer joinery it’s not really accepted. That said, a tool box of this type would not generally …
I said recently that using the coping saw is less acceptable for removing waste from tails and pins and that I felt it was less the way of the craftsman. I see it much the same way I see it when woodworkers ask if I ever gang up the dovetails to cut four at once …
Making the Toolbox – Pare and Chop Dovetails and Pins Read More »
Dovetailed Skirting and Lock and Hinge Rail Misnomered as Trim There is more to it than that. The skirting boards protect the box from damage or at least reduce the risk of main-box damage, that’s true, but it more importantly thickens up the base area corners to make for much increased structural stability and solidity …
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Working on the toolbox build Yesterday and today we filmed making the toolbox for the start to the New Year series to start 2015 with. I have a feeling that this could be as popular a series as any we have done so far and as far as conservation goes it’s important to me as it means hundreds …
on Pockets that Surprise UsYou have solved one problem in your career - bringing others into hand tool woodworking & making them into craftsman. In this post you are venturing into another area - probabl…
on Pockets that Surprise UsEchoed my sentiments. I had wondered where Paul had gone!
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on Pockets that Surprise UsAh! Paul. I'm extraordinarily gratified that you took a jaunt stateside for a respite! I was afraid the ethereal masters of our communications had struck down my account! At our sh…
on Pockets that Surprise UsGlad to see you made your way home for a while. I know the UK is your pave of birth and where you reside. But, Texas gets in your blood, don't it? I guess I'm a little biased, but…
on Pockets that Surprise UsWe have all missed you. You are the voice of sanity.
on Pockets that Surprise UsI have been looking everyday to see if there was a new blog or Instagram post. Enjoy your well earned vacation. When visiting monuments I also look at furniture (since a few years…