Hand Tools - Page 33 of 125

IBC reimagines bench chisel design

Learn how to cut and fit half-blind dovetails the North Bennet Street way.

I’ve used a brace and bit for decades to auger through heavy timbers or bore accurate holes that can’t be reached with a drill press, but for years I was rather casual about the quality of my brace and bits and sometimes my efforts were less than spectacular.

Tips and tricks for fitting a drawer perfectly and getting the layout spot-on for the half-blind and through dovetails.

By day, Bill Pavlak works in the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop at Colonial Williamsburg, but by night... well... he's a regular old boring woodworker

Learn how to cut a dado by hand for the drawer partition.

How to creep up to the perfect dovetail fit using a method called "chasing the smudge."

After cutting the pins, learn how to transfer and cut the tails of the dovetail joint, the North Bennet way.

there are a lot of power-tool-centric woodworkers who feel there is no need for handplanes in their shops, it's time to convince the non-believers

A how-to guide for setting up and using these rewarding hand tools.