Must be a woodworker with an initial T. A friend of the school donated some tools to the school this weekend and amongst the tools was a steel name stamp with the stamp name T REEVES. Craftsmen through two centuries have used personal name stamps like this to mark their tools permanently. It would be…
I recall a time when a chest over 200 years old made from solid oak by the hands of a craftsman would have been revered as an example of the work of our forebears, attesting to the quality of their work, the wood they used and the value they knew in both. Not so today….
I was truly busy today working with my students but I took half an hour out to cut the half lap dovetails to my Hope Chest drawer. With mahogany as my secondary wood and oak for the drawer front there is enough contrast to make the joint vivid and attractive. My drawer front has a…
Timed out Well the class finished right on the money, but the main gate was closed when they left so we had to make some shifts. have YOU ever tried getting OUT of a castle with a portcullis gateway? Time for change I developed this course 17 years ago for the first woodworking school I…
The box video wasn’t so much a finished video but more to show how I can cut four dovetails in 8 minute dovetailing the corners of a box. Part 2 of 4 shows the 3-minute roundover for the lid or bottom of the box using only a 4 1/2 smoother. I doubt whether a router…
Of all the planes I ever used I think that none compares with this, my Scottish friend who lies in rest on my bench until I lift it to the board and shave the surface of my wood dead flat and straight. Some times, often, I lose myself in the grace of working the plane…
Now, as an elder in a younger’s world, I understand my hand’s work more than I did from the days before my age gave sway to the unfolding years and present days in which I stand and work. I understand the days past when the axeman swung his blacksmithed axe and trees felled lay dead…
Learning curves are different for different folks, but the joy is in the journey as much as the conclusion. With a full class, we started on time and worked steadily through the day. As you can see it’s an all-male class,which in the UK is unusual. This Foundational Part I always starts with my sharpening…
After my 8 minute dovetail on YouTube I thought you might like the 10 minute mortise and tenon in oak. I also have a couple more to go up on YouTube so watch for them. One is the roundover to the lid and bottom. Short, three minutes for this one using only a standard no-frills…
Gift Certificates The last Foundational Course of the year starts today and the next course, which is in January is highly promising because people are buying gift certificates. If you have someone you want to buy this type of gift for please call us or email us. We have gift certificates for every occasion and…