Friday, January 17, 2025

Another Perfect Scraper Solution

I come up with them all the time and this one should knock your socks off . . . Or at least take incredible shavings for you. New to woodworking or a seasoned machinist, I often get woodworkers lamenting that they sometimes get a good edge to Card Scrapers, but mostly not. I put this...

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Things New

Something stirs deeply in new beginnings. The gestation of an inspired possibility in the ordinary of life prompts us to think of things beyond our capacity for a thought is nothing more than the expansion of a small cell, a pulse of oxygen, of blood and our brain reshaping, refolding itself with valleys between ridges,...

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Friday, January 10, 2025

The Easiest Way to Handle Plywood Without Breaking Your Back!

For all of the great benefits of using plywood in our projects, it really is a pain in the butt to deal with. Every aspect of working with sheetgoods presents challenges, including purchasing it, transporting it, maneuvering it around your shop, and even cutting it down to the sizes you need for your project. In this video, I’ll show you what I think is the easiest way to handle plywood in a one-man shop. With some planning and knowledge, perhaps we can make the prospect of dealing with these big sheets a little less daunting. And most importantly, we can keep our backs safe while we’re at it.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

It Came Out Right

I remember when #4 Stanley planes would sell on eBay for around one pound, or even less if it was an English version. There are remarkable differences between some UK Stanley models and US versions. Oh, it’s not really in functionality or quality where the difference lies, none of that, they both work exactly the...

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Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Dual-Purpose Card Scraper

When you master hand tool methods, developing real skill beats all else. Nothing will better mastery if not for speed and efficiency alone. That’s why my advocacy is to take the path of greater resistance because through resistance training you develop muscle in the whole of your body––along with the ever-important mental acuity too. Don’t...

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Saturday, January 4, 2025

Happy Birthday, Paul!

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year to you all! It is my dad’s 75th birthday today. I hope you will all join me in wishing him a very happy birthday. He has shown great resilience this last year. Three broken ribs would have set a lesser man back further than it has him. He has...

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Another Guide From the Paul Sellers’ Stable

A Guide Like No Other I’m more an advocate for freehand sharpening because of the speed and efficiency it gives me. My chisel and plane irons come 95% that way, and I’m more an advocate for developing methods that rely on our developing skill and mastery rather than anything that substitutes for it. Also, I...

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