Hand Tools Archives - Page 107 of 258

 The recent and heated discussions on the correct way to sharpen a scraper have led me to ask a question of my own.  The question is: how do you all…

Friends, After Sean (Samson) did his excellent writeup on making a panel door with hand tools, I promised to do a writeup on the next project I was going to…

Hi, I am having trouble sharpening my LV card scrapers.  I followed the instructions that came with the Bacho scraper but have had no luck. The scraper is not making…

I have never been able to make these side rabbet planes (models 98 & 99) work very well. They are very sharp but just don't seem to work as I think…

http://zo-d.com/stuff/images/steve-knight-coffin-smoother.jpg THE LINK ABOVE, SHOWS A MODERN WOODEN HANDPLANE WITH AND ADJUSTABLE MOUTH OPENING. THE ADJUSTABLE MOUTH OPENING IS A WEDGE WITH TWO SLOTS HELD ON WITH TWO SCREWS/WASHERS THREADED…

Interesting article in Slate about a japanese brush maker: http://www.slate.com/id/2209693/entry/0/?from=rss "the cheapest thing he makes himself is a beginner's calligraphy brush of horse and sheep hair that retails for $60.…

Hi, Woodjoy tools sells bowsaws but are they as well built as the German made bowsaws? Does anyone here have any experience using a bowsaw? Wanda

Isn't this the tool that started it all? But it's the Rodney Dangerfield of hand tools, the hammer. Who ever pulls up a discussion of the hammer? What do you…

Well the mess finally got to me, and I used some precious shop time yesterday to clean.  As I very rarely see more than 10% of my benchtop at a…

Good afternnon everyone! I am pretty new to working with hand tools. I worked for a year in a small shop, so I do have a bit knowledge.  I pretty…