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Month: May 2019

May 25, 2019 Projects / Tools

Reducing the set on my tenon saw – Part V: (The handle)

This post forms part of the “Reducing the set on my tennon saw” series. What a journey this has been,

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May 16, 2019 Projects / Tools

Reducing the set on my tennon saw – Part IV (Test handle)

This post forms part of the “Reducing the set on my tennon saw” series. Well I got some time in

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May 13, 2019 Projects / Tools

Reducing the set on my tenon saw – Part III (Sharpening)

This post forms part of the “Reducing the set on my tennon saw” series. Well the good news is that

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May 10, 2019 Projects / Tools

Reducing the set on my tenon saw – Part II (Cutting Teeth)

This post forms part of the “Reducing the set on my tennon saw” series. It was a busy day today.

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May 9, 2019 Projects / Tools

Reducing the set on my tenon saw – Part I (Becoming a butcher)

This post forms part of the “Reducing the set on my tennon saw” series. This started out as a attempt

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May 8, 2019 Projects

Hanging Wall Shelf

This is my first piece of what I guess would be described as “fine woodworking”. It is the project I

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May 7, 2019 Boxes / Projects

Boxes #2 & #3: The Sisters

I made Box #2 to practice adding splines. At the same time some friends had a baby. As a family,

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May 7, 2019 Boxes / Projects

Box #1: A box for treats

I’ve been really struggling to get my mitred corners nice and tight, so decided the best solution was to not

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May 7, 2019 Boxes / Projects

Box #4: A box for Mom

I wanted to make a special box for my Mom’s birthday. It took lot longer than I had indented, but

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May 7, 2019 Projects / Tools

Making a Veritas style tote for my Stanley #4 plane

This was brought about by the intersection of two events. I bought a second hand Stanley #4 which had a

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Recent Posts

  • Hanging wall cabinets – forging individual history into a combined future.
  • Attempting to [CTRL]+Z a half blind draw-bored mortice and tenon
  • Restoring an early 80’s Woodfast Lathe
  • Finding the Toyota Camry of Sliding Bevel Gauges
  • Paul Sellers’ plane pull test

Recent Comments

  • Roger Hardie on Attempting to [CTRL]+Z a half blind draw-bored mortice and tenon
  • Finding the Toyota Camry of Sliding Bevel Gauges – Lance's Workbench on Sliding Bevel Gauges – The impossible tool?
  • Lance on The plan to make a plane
  • Fiona Verdouw on The plan to make a plane
  • Lance on Plugging leaks (or how to stop blood going everywhere)

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