Found an old bit brace at a local garage sale. It was free:
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Making a file handle
I took a piece of birch from mairi2‘s tree. This was a small fragment, not good for much other than making file or chisel handles. Continue reading
Making a file handle
I took a piece of birch from mairi2‘s tree. This was a small fragment, not good for much other than making file or chisel handles. Continue reading
With mallets toward none
With mallets toward none
Tools: Maintenance vs. replacement
I recently saw three Youtube videos by Tom Lie-Nielsen, founder and President of
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. His company makes some of the
finest hand (non-electric) tools available today. The are replicas of traditional woodworking
tools—better engineered than the originals. My only gripe about them is that they are
priced accordingly :-(>
Tools: Maintenance vs. replacement
I recently saw three Youtube videos by Tom Lie-Nielsen, founder and President of
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. His company makes some of the
finest hand (non-electric) tools available today. The are replicas of traditional woodworking
tools—better engineered than the originals. My only gripe about them is that they are
priced accordingly :-(>
Skewed Rabbet
I found a skewed rabbet plane at a local garage sale. The skew lowers the effective cutting angle, helping it cut cross-grain: Continue reading
Skewed Rabbet
I found a skewed rabbet plane at a local garage sale. The skew lowers the effective cutting angle, helping it cut cross-grain: Continue reading
Plane speaking about Montgomery Wards
I bought a jack plane at a local garage sale for $5. It was quite rusty, but the rust seemed to be all on the surface. A day in a vinegar batch, followed by a wire brush and then some WD-40 and steel wool proved this to be the case: It cleaned up quite nicely Continue reading
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