On rasps for cabinet making On many of my projects I use cabinet rasps and others for more detailed work because they remove stock fast and when well made surfaces shaped with them need only moderate refinement. I just finished off the latest video series on chairmaking where we make one of my designs in…
It’s true. About 5 years ago or so I started to blog the truth about the Stanley #4 smoothing plane being one of the best all rounder planes that could be had for under £5 via eBay. Back then I don’t know if many people listened but then we were able to start making videos…
Here’s a new YouTube video we did on a draw-bore mortise and tenon joint. It has a poor-man’s dowel maker I pulled together and have used for half a century in my life that works perfectly just for drilling a hole that makes a square peg into a perfect round dowel. That way you cane…
Looking at the two frog types—the art and sole of the plane Now that we may have established that adjustable throats are perhaps more a less necessary feature rather than a necessity, let’s take a more educated look at the two throat types to consider how we evaluate their pros and cons. Using the two plane…
Bailey and Bed Rock considerations—what’s the difference? I have addressed some of the issues surrounding the differences between the Bailey-pattern cutting iron assembly and adjustment and the Bed Rock type. Obviously this surrounds the entire frog of both units. All adjustment is anchored solidly to this central hub so critical to the two plane types…
…and more of this week’s achievements Last week we had a houseful once again and this week we normalised what cannot be called normal for most people I ever meet. We made film, concluded a class, finished off a rocker, wrote copy, took pictures, drew out the new projects and built furniture pieces. Was it…
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A prototype comes together quickly. Two 2×4’s, a few mortise and tenons and some shaping brings all of the considerations together. Someone asked to buy it yesterday but I said it was still needed. It’s always like that. When you can’t sell it someone wants it. It’s a strong chair because of twin railing lower…
You asked me for this many times so here it is, With hundreds of profiles to develop moulds, moulding planes often need custom fettling. These are the methods I have found most effective and it takes no specialised equipment as you make you own profiles and use just about any abrasive from wet and dry…
The textures in work are so diverse man merely glimpses them in snatches, little more than flashes but even those flashes far exceed an image and even a film. A mouth moves from smiling satisfaction to abrupt tensity and stock-still shock in split seconds parted by steps of transition in fifty convoluted shapes and each…
