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Hello. I recently bought some old «quality» chisel from a collector of woodworking tools in Norway. I am fairly new to woodworking so I didnt check on the chisels when I went…

I need a source to sharpen an old Spear & Jackson open handle dovetail saw, preferably near Atlanta.  I have all the bits and pieces necessary to sharpen hand saws,…

Just kind of curious... recently I ran across a slightly different work bench design in a couple different places.  Richard Macguire used to sell it as the 'Little John' (https://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/the-little-john-workbench/),…

Hi,I am making a bead on an apron with a curve on the underside. I am getting som tear out in one end of my test piece no matter what…

I just cleaned up a Stanley 22" jointer plane, original blade and chipbreaker. I have watched all the videos on this site and a lot on YouTube. The blade is…

Several of my finer Shapton stones have regularly spaced streaks going across their faces. I've included photos of my 4000 and 8000 grits. When I'm honing across the streaks, I…

I recently purchased the Veritas Combination plane.  When the plane was delivered, I disassembled and cleaned all the parts.  After all the parts were cleaned and lubricated I went to…

Hello Fellow Woodworkers,An estate sale produced this set of chisels very inexpensively, but I don't know much about them and was looking for advice from the form at FW.  Leather…

I just restored a Stanley 604 1/2 plane to use, not look at. It is beautiful but... I also purchased a new Hock blade that may be a little too…

Resawing a piece of 8/4 teak and the frame saw blade is accumulating something sticky which makes the blade jump instead of slide smoothly.  Any suggestions as to how to…