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Bevel on Mortise Chisel
March 27, 2015

Just bought a Narex Mortise Chisel and it appears to have about a 25 degree bevel. Is this bevel right or do I need to change it to 30 degrees? …
Using a handsaw/hand tools, how do i crosscut to finished length a WIDE board without splintering the underside?
March 18, 2015

Hi. I'm delving into using more hand tools rather than power tools. So, I decided to try and build a screech owl nesting box out of cedar scraps I had…
Hand Sharpening and Correcting a Skew
March 6, 2015

Hello all, I am practicing my hand sharpening on some DMT diamond stones. I have a chisel that I have boogered up a little bit and it has a very…
Record Plane
December 16, 2014

I have two Record Marples Planes, a # 05 & #07 and I've attempted to tune them both with info from FWW articles. I'm having difficulty in getting the #…
Small drawknife repair
December 2, 2014

I recently acquired an old small Jennings drawknife (four-inch blade). One of the handles is somewhat loose and the other is very slightly loose. I'd like to tighten them up but I'm…
Shape of Jorgensen handscrew clamps
November 13, 2014

I'm building "Tom's Torsion Box Workbench" and have gotten to the stage where I am building the Front, which includes the innovative use of a handscrew clamp as the tail vise.…
micro bevel
November 10, 2014

Is it true that micro bevels are rarely used in Japan? If so, why not? Does it have anything to do with the concave back on many Japanese chisels? Janet
Old plow plane, looking for ID & couple parts
October 2, 2014

Just acquired my first wooden plow plane and am quite excited about it. However, I know little about them so, just bought 3 books exclusively about old wooden plow planes…
Hand Tools in Japan
September 24, 2014

My daughter is in Japan for a year and we will go visit her. While there I was thinking of trying to acquire some Japanese hand tools - chisels in…
Salvaging a sharpening stone
July 31, 2014

I have a hard translucent stone for putting the final edge on my chisels and plane irons. I guess I didn't charge it sufficiently with oil and now it's clogged…

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