Hand Tools Archives - Page 53 of 258

I need advice. And a lot of it. I recently moved to Hong Kong from the US. In typical fashion I live on the 28th floor in a 400sf apartment…

I know, I know... this has been beat to death already, and I'm not looking to start a fight, but here goes... I'm in the early stages of building a…

I have a temporary "new home" in a 1 bedroom apartment 429 miles away from my "real" home.  I miss my WWing!  In my "new" space I only have 11'4"…

I asked a question before and did not get the info I wanted, possibly because my question was unclear.  I'll try again. I you could only have two hand planes…

About 30 years ago I came across this old plane in our basement but never did anything with it.  Unfortunately I was taught mostly power tools.  I've been getting interested…

A close-knit couple guys, right?

Hello all, I've just finished a display case with backing of sycamore.  I flattened it with a card scraper, but never really got the scraper dialed in.  Occasionally, i'd get a glimpse…

Found these at an estate sale and like them.  It looks like you buy the hardware and build them yourself from that point. I checked all the usual woodworking supply…

Just finished this plane in preparation for the Woodworking in America Conference coming up this weekend.  

From a pile of garden tools, a little evaporust. some honing and polishing. and voila...   http://www.oldtoolphotos.com/toolphoto.asp?photo=255   maybe it should be renamed "pheonix", cause that handle was fabricated out…