Restoring Maatsuyker #59

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

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

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

A week ago I wrote about some used hand saws which caused me great disappointment. Following shared commiserations and encouragement

This post forms part of the “Building my workbench” series. I wanted to add two vises to my bench, a front

I purchased and refurbished a Stanley # 4 1/2 plane for my brother’s birthday. There were too many sharp angles