If you read our blog regularly then you'll probably have picked up that I love my hand tools but would never deny my dependence on a few basic machines when it comes to building our workbenches. I wouldn't wish to become too reliant on numerous complicated machines...
Hand Tool Approach
Throw Away The Tape Measure!
This little primitive looking stool is one of the earliest pieces I built which my mother still has so it's well treasured. It was built with little more than an axe, a hard point saw, bit & brace and a chisel. It certainly isn't grand nor something to be proud of...
Accessible Woodworking
This morning Richard wanted to explain to me his techniques for hand planing - something he is wanting to get across clearly for a video we’re working on this weekend. I thought the best way to test his explanations was to try it out. It looks so easy when he does it...
Machines In The Hand Tool Workshop
I often feel like I’m fighting the corner for Hand Tools and yet within my day to day work I have a number of machines that I have to rely upon. The machines are there because the work I do is big and the amount of timber I process is large - hand preparing every...
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