Restoring an early 80’s Woodfast Lathe

I’ve been on the lookout for an older heavy cast iron lathe for a long time, and last weekend the

Finding the Toyota Camry of Sliding Bevel Gauges

I don’t need flash. I don’t need bling. I do need a gauge that does what it needs to do,

An often raised topic is that it’s hard to know what sharp is unless you’ve experienced a degree of sharpness

Sky hooks, perpetual motion machines, cold fusion and sliding bevel gauges that lock in place. These are all wonderful theoretical

This is one of those planes which are a nice to have luxury, rather than a core tool. None the

I’ve read about card scrapers and have appreciated their utility, but for whatever reason they occupied the little pigeon hole

I know that for most of you the simple thought of building a hand plane would result in the shaking

Many students of Paul Sellers have purchased a Thor 712R hammer on his advice. I am one of those.

I had never seen a combination square before we built our house. One of the tradesmen who was helping us

We have a cupboard in our kitchen which houses the bread maker. Over time it has also become the repository