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Squaring Up Drilled Out Mortices

June 14, 2019 By Richard Maguire 11 Comments

drilling to cut a mortice

Morticing has never been my favourite job. Depending on the size of joint I have various techniques that I use, and for hefty mortices like in our French workbench build, I prefer to drill out the waste rather than go at the whole thing with a chisel. But then I hate squaring up drilled out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Joints

Matching Drill Bits & Dowel Plates

May 9, 2019 By Richard Maguire 10 Comments

drill bits and dowel plate

  Getting a nice looking pegged joint is all about compression. You basically want the peg to be a bit too tight for the hole so it cleans up without any gaps. But, that's not to say you can just whack a fat bit of dowel through a hole that's too small and expect a good job (although … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drilling, Woodworking Joints

Build A French Workbench – New Video Series!

May 2, 2019 By Richard Maguire 25 Comments

how to build a french workbench video

  Follow Step-by-Step with our French Workbench Video Build This Series Is Now Complete! The series can be purchased by Clicking Here If you're already a Member then you may need to Login first The Bench Design The French workbench is simple and strong - just how a bench should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Premium Videos, Workbenches

How To Sharpen Thick O1 Irons On Oil Stones

April 26, 2019 By Richard Maguire 6 Comments

sharpening on an oil stone

  You can sharpen owt on the humble old oil stone, but that doesn't mean that you’d want to. In our sharpening trilogy, I go on quite a bit about how your choice of tool will tell you what kind of sharpening method and set up you'll need. I’m very firm on how effective oil stones are, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sharpening

Giving Birth To Rough Sawn Wood

April 18, 2019 By Richard Maguire 36 Comments

french workbench with leg vice

When owt gets born there's blood, sweat and faecal matter. That's just a fact. Giving birth to a workbench is the same. It's been a while since I've built a bench and I have to say I've been twitching for quite some time to do one. Building this hasn’t scratched that itch, actually this has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Premium Videos, Workbench Designs, Workbenches

Building A Workbench For ‘That’ Screw

April 1, 2019 By Richard Maguire 18 Comments

I’ve been having a good old tidy up and done that thing where you stumble upon a great big sod off vice. Now, if you've been lingering around from our old days you may remember this thing. It was rather nicely given to me by my good friend Richard Arnold. He mentioned he’d had it for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Vices & Work Holding, Workbench Designs

Are We Old Fashioned? – Online Series Now On DVD

March 22, 2019 By Richard Maguire 15 Comments

woodworking by hand dvds

It feels a bit awkward when a customer asks you when their DVD will arrive and you haven't got one for them. This has happened to us a few times just though the misunderstanding that the Series they've bought is provided online. But all the streaming and downloading can certainly seem a bit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Premium Videos

Timber Movement & Workbench Design

March 15, 2019 By Richard Maguire 4 Comments

designing for timber movement

If you know anything about the way that I work then you'll know that I don't like to faff. I will always do a proper job though, in fact I tend to do things somewhat overkill. But when it comes to the tools and techniques used I'll always find the most basic and simple route. I'm no different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing Furniture, Timber, Workbench Designs

Simple Straight Edges

March 1, 2019 By Richard Maguire 15 Comments

homemade straight edge flattening board

Many of you have pointed out my shoddy array of straight-ish, straight edges. I'm often asked if there's a reason why I favour these home made things over something more posh. This is one of those questions where I really wish I had a good answer. I don’t, but I'll still cobble one together … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

Scavenging Timber – Sourcing Good Timber In Smaller Sizes

February 15, 2019 By Helen 40 Comments

sourcing hardwood from old furniture

Buying timber can seem to be some sort of secret club that you've yet to be initiated in to. I'd like to say that after all these years of sourcing timber I've been through that initiation, but if I'm honest I'm often still stumped. It's not the technicalities that get to me, I'm pretty good now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Timber, Tips

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