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

Bench dog springs

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

I’ve been on the lookout for a plough plane for a little while. My main need is for running grooves

We generally don’t use a lot of plywood and MDF sheet goods. You would then think we would not have

A while ago I read an article by Paul Sellers about spring joints. In it, he made an almost off-hand