Let me get one thing out of the way first. Some will say why not just use a shooting board? I’m not interested in this argument but I outline my reasons a couple of paras down. This guide will knock your socks off, no messin’. Most end-grain planing is square ended for me, and I’m...
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I’m driving to work but taking a five mile detour to get my haircut and a couple of necessary errands to pick up a mirror plate for the project and look at wood. I try to combine trips all the more these days, conscious of the need to save all kinds of things. I always...
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On the 19th of June this year I picked up a few extra lengths of very nice European oak for my upcoming project which was a chest of drawers. Thank you, Europe. So glad we are a part of you still; no matter the Eurocrats and politics of it, the eye cannot say to the...
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. . . better, more comfortably and more steadily! The beefy, muscled arms bulb up into massive balloons and the knuckles whiten the more stroke on stroke. The rest of the body as a whole locks on and tightens up, tuning in to the intent of a forced compliance to power through with the strokes...
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I recently made a large Criss-Cross Dining Table featuring an experimental base design. Once the table was complete, I decided to extend the design to a matching sitting bench. Of course I had to change a few angles and scale things down, but in the end the bench was just a smaller version of the table. I also took this opportunity to try a couple variations in tools and techniques for its construction.
If you want to try your hand at this project, take a look at the full course in the Wood Whisperer Guild: Criss-Cross Dining Table & Bench
The finish I used is Bumblechutes, a natural tung oil finish. You can save 10% using the code TWW10 at Bumblechutes.com
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If I can cut a gap-free six-dovetail corner to a drawer in 20 minutes it’s because I am not rushing it. It’s also because of the practised structure of my making, the sharpness of my tools that are sharpened before they become in any way consciously dull and because the tools I use are customised...
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It was setting up the plough plane to cut the grooves that really struck me the most. I had timed myself in cutting the four corner dovetails and realised how quickly they came off the saw. I made two eight-inch deep drawers with dovetailed top to bottom to each of the corners in less than...
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. . . Or Peer Pressures? Some time ago I went to the trouble of creating a short and creative video to show (prove) that taking a couple of simple steps could upgrade an inexpensive but well-made saw to parallel that of premium saws costing six to seven times more. Buying some saws, even from...
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