This post forms part of the “Building my workbench” series. Finally, today was the day to glue the two top
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Building my workbench – Part II (The other half)
This post form part of the Building my workbench series. Yesterday was to be dog-hole day, but lost the opportunity
Continue readingReducing 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,
Continue readingReducing 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
Continue readingReducing 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
Continue readingReducing 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.
Continue readingReducing 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
Continue readingMaking 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
Continue readingThese are my chisels. There are many like them, but these ones are mine.
Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start… The first chisel I ever bought was a
Continue readingRemoving snipe on my Hammer A3-31 whilst thicknessing.
One of the main reasons I chose the Hammer A3-31 combo jointer-thicknesser what they supposedly were able to thickness material
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