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I have received my first set of Japanese chisels.  These happen to be paring chisels.  I noticed they all have a shallow arc to their necks and upper portion of…

The Lee Valley panel and slicing gauge caught my fancy, not having a panel gauge but sometimes being in need of one. But the Veritas item seems expensive for what…

Thanks for taking a peek. The logo is pretty worn out.Let me know if you can identify it by construction if not by stamped inhandle name.

I could use some help identifying the flaw(s) in my plane iron sharpening technique... when honing a microbevel, the microbevel doesn't want to "make it" all the way to the…

So my recently passed Uncle was a well known Artisan from Michigan. My older brother just took over his family farm. It’s beautiful, (you should see the house he built…

Hi,    Are there any files or rasps out there that would be equivalent to 100 through 400 grit sandpaper? I'm going through sandpaper like crazy rounding out and finishing…

I've become enamoured of this Lee Valley panel gauge, based on a Stanley No. 84 slitting gauge. But rather than buy one, I'd like to make one, perhaps more like…

So I’m basically a total newbie to woodworking and I’m doing my first project right now. I’m have immense difficulty with my makeshift shooting board. First of all, using it…

HelloToday I opened a box from Lee Valley. It had a Ryoba saw in it, this one: https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/hand-tools/saws/japanese/32940-japanese-traditional-ryoba-saw?item=60T0101I've never used a japanese saw, so maybe my question is stupid, but…

I’m fortunate enough to have a lovely set of Lie Nielsen’s bevel edge chisels, however I keep lacerating the top half of the outside of my LH 1st finger when…