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I recently inherited my father's hand saws.  There are four of them.  One back saw with fine teeth about 14 " long w/ 12 teeth per inch, one hand saw…

Hi.  I have several Pfeil carving chisels and am curious to see how others store their chisels. Pictures would be appreciated. Thanks, Dave

This plane is part of my weeks work. This 11s type small smoother is my part number 650-55. The iron is pitched at 55 degrees, which also allows one to…

Steve, Today's the first day I've felt like getting out in the shop and doing anything since getting over the flu/stomach virus that's been going around here. But, anywhoooo, I…

My local tools store, KMS, has a sale on Irwin's Quick Grip XP Clamps (http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/detail.jhtml?prodId=IrwinProd100036).  The 6" clamps are on sale for $11 from $30 and 12" on sale for…

Anybody out there have any knowledge about these chisels? Price appears to good to be true- $49.00 for an 8PC set. http://cgi.ebay.com/8-PC-JAPANESE-WOOD-WORKING-CHISEL-WOODWORKING-TOOL-SET_W0QQitemZ310030080618QQihZ021QQcategoryZ13871QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hey gang, I just got my latest ebay acquisition, a fairly pristine coffin smoother by the Chelsea (Boston) maker, Thomas Appleton. Does anyone have any info on him? This is…

found these little gems at a flea market stanley scraper # 81, sole in great condition, blade pretty rough but body intact and clean stanley shoulder? plane, great condition no…

I am fairly new to woodworking, but I find that I am more interested in hand tool work than machinery. I will be using a bandsaw for resawing burls and…

Hi Folks, Realizing that spokeshaves are somewhat the traditional tool of choice for shaping QA legs; and that I don't have a working shave, I decided to try a drawknife instead.  I…