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Lance's Workbench

Where life and progress is slower, but satisfying

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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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November 12, 2019 Tools

Buying my Record 043 plough plane

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

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October 30, 2019 Boxes

Boxes #8 and #9 – Half blind dovetail practice

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

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October 30, 2019 Musings / Shop made / Tools

A plough plane in a pinch with a problem

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

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October 26, 2019 Workshop

Improved sheet storage

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

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October 5, 2019 Musings

Gluing without clamps – The rub joint

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

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