How-To
Romancing the Shop
Journey into one woodworker's dream shop and watch him crank out gorgeous tool handles straight from the log
Oct 21, 2014
The first chisel Fine Woodworking associate art director John Tetreault
remembers buying was an old Buck Brothers socket chisel. He’s since added a few vintage Stanley 750s and other tag-sale finds, all of them socket style. Some of them had handles that were damaged or just missing, but they were all made from good old tool steel. They sure didn’t look like a set, but after spending some time at the lathe and using figured chunks of wood from his firewood pile, they do now.
In this short video, Fine Woodworking takes a romantic journey into Tetreault’s shop for an idea on how it’s done. If you’re looking for a bit of woodworking inspiration, you’ve come to the right place.
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That made me cry, John. Nice work. Those types of shorts would get more people to fall in love with woodworking
I go back to this (classic) video often. The symphony is not the score in the background but rather the adroit motions of Mr. Tetreault's hands. Now that I've fixed the old yard-sale Craftsman lathe, I'll make a few of the socket chisel handles myself.
Wow that was a good watch! Love to see more quick builds produced like this:)
this ranks up there with chris becksvoort's dovetailing video in terms of being both instructive and soul satisfying. more of this stuff, please.
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