My most well used tools are like mates; I accept them warts and all, and they're dependable without needing to be pampered. I'm careful not to cross the line though, and some job's around our building site of a home would be plain abuse of a good friendship. For those...
Hand planing wood by hand requires us to choose a technique that's suitable for the specific job at hand, and doing this requires us to understand the wood, the tools and the project in question. New To Hand Planing? Learn About The Different Types Of Hand Planes...
We've listened to many a sob story of how you despise PayPal, so I'm pleased to say there's finally an alternative for purchasing our Online Video Series. On site payments are now up and running and will allow you to complete a purchase with Visa, MasterCard or...
Since ranting about using the cap iron for dealing with tear out, the question 'why do you only use it when smoothing?' comes up a lot. This question is best answered by me asking you to go and do something. Go and set your hand plane up to take a shaving with the cap...
I'll be prototyping a few pieces over the coming months and I recently put in an order for some redwood to knock them up in. Our usual merchant can normally supply nice wide boards of redwood easily, but this time I wasn't so lucky. As an alternative tulipwood was...
The past six months or so have been hectic. We didn't intend to neglect our 'free' video duties but once we'd had great results with our first Premium Series we decided to continue with the next. These first two series were a test for us so there was no pre-planning...
Without a reliable way to hold your work for woodworking we’ll quickly become frustrated. Whilst I’m a firm believer…
First off, it’s still with us. All safe and secured waiting to be put back to use. At the moment we’re working …
We’ve come to the end of the workbenches so today I’m grouping my machines in to a corner of the workshop as tightly…
Since first showing photos of our English workbench, I’ve had almost as many questions about this top as I have about …
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