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Build A Hall Table – Online Video Series

November 10, 2017 By Richard Maguire 13 Comments

build a hall table online video

https://youtu.be/QhZmhGAMFFk   Our latest video series is the build of a traditional Hall Table For Full Details & To Purchase CLICK HERE As you'll expect, we build the whole piece with basic hand tools. The focus with this project is learning how to build by hand efficiently. If you're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Premium Videos, Woodworking Projects

Tools That Need No Box

November 7, 2017 By Richard Maguire 24 Comments

I don't know if this is just me. Whenever I have a jolly good tidy up, I find there's the same old handful of tools, and odds and sods that I don't bother to put away. This is because if I put them away, I'd get them straight back out... again. Off the top of my head, these are things like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

The Best Woodworking Marking Knife

November 2, 2017 By Richard Maguire 40 Comments

strong marking knife

  All my tools are fairly rough and basic. I've never had much bother finding tools that work, although two things have always troubled me. The first; finding drill bits that don't rag out the work in slow hand powered drills. And finding a good marking knife. The drill bit hunt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buying Hand Tools, Woodworking Hand Tools

How To Set A Wooden Plane

October 27, 2017 By Richard Maguire 5 Comments

Twat... ...nothing happens. Twat….nothing happens. Slightly harder twat... ...And the iron's sticking half inch out of the sole of the plane. Wooden planes look good. They are good. But they ain't half got awkward sod written all over them. Since hand tools became a thing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hand Planing, Woodworking Hand Tools

The Plane Build – Video

October 12, 2017 By Richard Maguire 13 Comments

https://youtu.be/8rlsL-e15d4 Watch The Full Video in our Members' Site.  It's available to all For FREE! Login Now if you already have an account. OR Create a Free Account Here So... Why Build Your Own Wooden Plane? When you can get a smashing Stanley No 5 for about thirty five quid, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Videos, Make Your Own Tools

What’s Been Simmering?

October 11, 2017 By Richard Maguire 87 Comments

If you want some good news then just scroll to the bottom… The last few lines or so. If you want a jolly good moan, then read on. There's that old saying about knowledge being power, or the force is strong with you, or something along those lines. That doesn't really work now. With the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General

Dear Tool Manufacturer…

February 6, 2017 By Richard Maguire 47 Comments

old wooden hand plane

...why can't you make thick irons laminated? Why is it that my Grandad doesn't grind. My Dad doesn't have a grinder. And up until me buying swanky tools, I never had to grind? Hard steels and thick irons. It's a combination which wasn't found in my Grandad's workshop. And that thick hard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sharpening, Woodworking Hand Tools

New Series – Work Faster, Neater & Be In Control!

January 26, 2017 By Richard Maguire 6 Comments

https://youtu.be/OSEOrttE2Ac Our latest video series is all about sharpening edge tools. But it's not just about getting sharp. It's a detailed yet entertaining look at the perfect edge, right from the very concept of sharpening, through to optimising precisely for a given task. There are 7 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Premium Videos, Sharpening

Bevel Up Plane – The One Plane To Rule Them All?

December 22, 2016 By Richard Maguire 32 Comments

Veritas bevel up jack plane with Stanley No 5

I first bought my bevel up Jack for planing end grain on thick workbench tops. I'd always been a normal steel, conventional plane kind of chap before building workbenches, but hand tools can moan and groan a bit at certain woods and I was building workbenches with a lot of kiln dried ash. A few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

Choosing Timber – The Best Wood For Building A Workbench

December 9, 2016 By Richard Maguire 34 Comments

If you're going to build yourself a chest of drawers, what wood would you build it out of? You'd build it out of whatever you fancy building it out of. What you like, what's to hand, what's cheapest. Who, bloody cares? It's the same when you're building a workbench. Obviously, I can't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Timber, Vices & Work Holding, Workbench Designs

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