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Tool Tales

Tool Tales

"It's not bodge... it's character!" - an old geriatric work mate used to say to me. And I felt this come to mind as I built my tool chest last weekend. I knew it would be nothing fancy since it was pretty much built as the hand tool equivalent of banging some boards...

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I’m Such An Amateur!

I’m Such An Amateur!

Setting up my hand tool workshop for the filming has been quite a revelation for me as it's allowed me to spend the odd weekend in there feeling a million miles from the rest of the world. Since I've always been woodworking for my living this is a feeling that I've...

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Time To Build A Tool Chest

Time To Build A Tool Chest

From the first time I traveled to a show to display my workbenches I've been meaning to build myself a tool chest for lugging my hand tools along with me. It's the sort of project that requires quite a lot of thought to ensure everything will fit in nicely so this...

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Finding The Balance

Finding The Balance

Richard often gets asked 'what's the best way for sharpening?' and he'll tend to say the best method is the one which works for you. There are countless ways to approach it but so long as you get the result quickly and efficiently then your way's the best. I've come...

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Fitting The Inset

Fitting The Inset

I've decided to write a full review on the Veritas Inset vice shortly since the idea was kindly recommended in a comment by Bill (Billy's Little Bench) last week. For now though I'd like to share a quick extra step that I take when I'm fitting one of these vices....

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Back To The Barns

Back To The Barns

For a while now we've been making plans and getting ourselves ready for this year's European Woodworking Show. It's only three weeks away and it's at this point each year when we begin to panic; will we really be ready in time? Richard says every year he's going to...

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New Vice

New Vice

This is to be our first vice to go in to the new (yet to be named) range of sensibly priced, well made hardware. It's a pinless leg vice with St Peter's cross mechanism. The steel screw has a nice rapid thread which is custom made to be coarser than normal to give a...

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A Naff Day!

A Naff Day!

It's been a long day and we've not long got back and settled down. I've spent a good while now aimlessly stirring my tea and gazing in to the pot looking for answers. You see, today's been one of those days when you smash one of your favourite planes. I was just...

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