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Secondary bevels
July 13, 2006

Whilst ruminating in the study (o.k. the bathroom) the other day I concluded the idea of a secondary cutting edge bevel at the outset is nonesense. This habit may…
The Orange Block Plane – a review
July 8, 2006

The Orange Block Plane – a review After paring chisels and spokeshaves, my favourite tool is a block plane. These tools all have in common “feel”, a more direct involvement…
More on dovetail chisels
July 6, 2006

I have a number of different brand chisels. Most of them, I do not know the hardness of the chisel but can tell on some that they are quite hard…
Dowel Plate How To
July 2, 2006

Several years ago I made a dowel plate (of 1/4" iron plate) by drilling holes increasing by 1/16th from 1/8" to 1/2" with the hope of making dowels of different…
Mortise and dovetail chisels
July 2, 2006

All, As I got such good advice about hand saws, I was hoping for a little more about chisels - for paring dovetails and for chopping mortises. I have some…
Forstner bits
July 1, 2006

Hello, I am looking into getting a nice forstner bit set. Does anyone have any suggestions or opinions as to what brands are the best quality. Always an investment. Thanks for…
Woodworking Topic: Drawboring
July 1, 2006

Ok, here's a new topic for y'all, Drawboring. Now, I haven't really ever really used a drawbore. Oh, I have done what I considered drawboring in the past. Really it…
My first hand plane…. Sharpening Next?
June 30, 2006

I just bought my first hand plane. A low angle lie Nelson block plane. Its quite a dream to use. Now I just have to figure out how to keep…
shoulder planes
June 30, 2006

Interested in buying a plane for cleaning up tenons sawed with both hand and power saws. Lie Nielsen lists 3 shoulder planes, plus a Rabbit block plane and skew block…
slicing gauge
June 29, 2006

In the F/W magazine dated Dec. 2005 page 102 Steve Latta say's ( My ) slicing gauge, could some one tell me what that is and where I can obtain…

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