After all the preparation it feels odd today for another EuropeanWoodworking Show to be all over and done with. It's was an exceptionally busy year this year and that combined with my solitary life led to me find myself behind our banner with a good few panic attacks!...
This year's new bench isn't really new at all. Instead it's a meatier, longer version of our very popular Little John Workbench. It's been a year since we introduced the 5' version and I've been really surprised and grateful for the fantastic response we've received....
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnMvTbqJYmA] In this video I show my two favourite methods for clinching nails and then use the technique for building my tool chest. This was a quick Sunday afternoon project that was great fun to build and should do a...
"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...
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...
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...
Before publishing the final video in our Wall Cupboard series we'll be bringing you a quick video next week which takes a look at clenching nails (or clinching; as it's known round my parts). I've recently written about the benefits that I feel draw boring can bring...
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...
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....
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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