Planes are the epitome of fine woodworking and have four jobs in the shop: to straighten, flatten, smooth and remove wood. Simple, but many woodworkers are confused by all the different sizes of bench planes available. Stanley has at least 15+ planes, from the tiny...
This is probably one of the best woodworking video I have seen in a long time. From cutting the tree, milling the timber, making insane cuts, steam bending with incredible jigs, sanding, and finishing. A single piece of wood Just Amazing! And those tools!!! His dust...
For Christmas I was given a set of Audel’s Carpenter’s & Builder’s Guide Vol. 1-4 1923 and have been working my way through them. Vol. 1 covers planes to chisels to saws to drills to measuring tools Vol. 2 covers builders math and drawing and...
I have just finished reading Spike Carlsen’s ‘Splintered History of Wood’.  It is truly facinating! The violins at the concert you attended last week, the baseball bats at the ball game you watched last night, the telephone poles that carried your...
I was recently commissioned to make a series of shadow boxes. I ended up making a total of 5 boxes. 3 made from Oak ply  – trimmed in White Oak and 2 from Baltic Birch trimmed in Cherry. Here you can see the process for making the two different boxes. ...
