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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You may recall my partially successful attempt at building a plough plane. I noted that I would look for an

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying learning to do dovetails, and in order to accelerate my learning, I thought I’d prepare a