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Lance's Workbench

Where life and progress is slower, but satisfying

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March 31, 2020 Musings / Tools

Musings on combination squares and quality

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

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March 8, 2020 Projects

A set of drawers for keys and sunglasses

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

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March 8, 2020 Musings

Plugging leaks (or how to stop blood going everywhere)

Settle in folks, there is a back story which will take a while to tell. When I was in my

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December 23, 2019 Projects

A boy and his drawers

Once upon a time there was a boy was married to a girl who developed an enjoyment of woodwork. She

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December 11, 2019 Uncategorized

Death (or what feels like it) by woodworking Lego

These little suckers. The waste from dovetails. Barefoot and a piece of woodworking Lego underfoot will have the neighbours wondering

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December 11, 2019 Shop made / Tools

A fishtail chisel in an hour

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying my hand at half lap dovetails. Now I know that it

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December 8, 2019 Work Bench

Bench dog springs

It’s been two months since I finished my bench, and I finally got around to making “springs” for my bench

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December 8, 2019 Tools

Restoring Maatsuyker #11976-432^4

Don’t ask about the name. That’s how it came. I was quite excited about this saw. At 350mm (14″) long

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December 3, 2019 Tools

Restoring Maatsuyker #59

I received a bunch of old saws from Matt that should be able to be reconditioned and put back into

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November 17, 2019 Tools

My hammer, the most musical of all tools.

A while ago I realised that a little hammer can be really useful for fine adjustment of planes. While I

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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

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  • Finding the Toyota Camry of Sliding Bevel Gauges – Lance's Workbench on Sliding Bevel Gauges – The impossible tool?
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  • Lance on Plugging leaks (or how to stop blood going everywhere)

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