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Understand Your Hand Tools – Improve Your Woodworking

Hand tools are the core of what we do and how we build.
There’s many ways to approach your woodworking, but I’ve always believed that a minimal tool kit is the best.

Fewer tools means we  get to understand each one that bit better. We learn how they work, and build up skill with less confusion.
And in all honesty, woodworking by hand is simple. So you really can be minimal.

Below you’ll find all our posts on hand tools.
From saws to hand planes, & drills to marking tools.

There’s thoughts on buying, videos on setting up, and ideas for building you own…


Under Rated Tools

April 30, 2013 By Richard Maguire 2 Comments

I was thinking this morning whilst pluging down on the slightly broken handle of my pillar drill that I am always stood at this machine. It's a tool that I barely take account of and really didn't give any thought to it's quality or durability when I bought it as I'd expected to need it only now and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

Pinch Dogs – The Peasants’ Clamp

March 4, 2013 By Richard Maguire 12 Comments

It’s often said that a woodworker can never have enough clamps but this isn’t something I‘ve really considered to be true (Unless you build workbenches for a living!) . When it comes to buying clamps I could think of a lot more exciting things to be spending my money on and once they arrive they’re … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jigs and Fixtures, Woodworking Hand Tools, Woodworking Techniques

Getting the Gist of Wooden Planes

February 25, 2013 By Richard Maguire 25 Comments

Wooden Hand Planes Might Be Old Tech, But They're Not Outdated I think for many people wooden planes bring nostalgia and a nice sense of tradition but don’t necessarily seem relevant to use today. We get used to a very different tool with metal planes, especially with some of the highly developed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hand Planing, Woodworking Hand Tools, Woodworking Techniques

Tool Storage Solutions

February 18, 2013 By Richard Maguire 14 Comments

I’ve never been fond of working out of a box, even if it’s a well organized one. Instead my hand tools are stored on the walls around me in a fairly simple but functional layout that keeps everything to hand. I find a tool box is excellent for storing, keeping your tools protected and organized, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

Veritas PM-V11 Plane Blade

February 6, 2013 By Richard Maguire 18 Comments

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a new Veritas PM-V11 plane blade last year (the nice chaps at Veritas; Steve and Wally kindly dropped one at my bench at last years European Woodworking Show). That’s a rather technical name and Veritas describe it as an ‘Innovative proprietary alloy’ but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sharpening, Woodworking Hand Tools

You May Cringe!

December 7, 2012 By Richard Maguire 22 Comments

Don’t worry, I haven’t hit myself in the nuts or cut off a finger… but to some of you I’m sure this might seem far worse! For the past 4 or so years I’ve been using this hefty lump hammer as the sole ’mallet’ in my workshop. I always used a wooden mallet prior and my last one lasted long enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

18th Century Cornice Plane (Video)

October 3, 2012 By Richard Maguire 1 Comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7qGISLyCDs&feature=youtu.be We had a great time at the recent European Woodworking show and have a few snippets to share with you over the coming weeks. My favourite moment was trying out an antique moulding plane brought along by Richard Arnold. This was my first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Woodworking Hand Tools

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