Step one in making a 17th century jointed stool – Take one billet of maple fire wood, rive with a maul and a froe into leg size pieces and then plane square. Next step is to cut...
Now I have the glue on these boards and am ready to drive some brads in and can’t find my hammer. “John, have you got my hammer? I do wish you would try and get some tools of your own; I don’t mind lending mine, but it is such a nuisance and inconvenience to me and...
With most objects that are specifically right-handed and difficult to use left-handed one can usually buy a left handed version (except chain saws, but that’s another story).  Scissors, golf clubs and rifles all have a left-handed version. You would think that...
Two additional, specialized, planes to add to your tool chest — the Scrub Plane and the Toothing Plane. The Scrub Plane (Stanley No 40) is used to remove large quantities of wood in a short period of time. Working diagonally or across the grain. It is...
Continuing with the Tool Kit theme – I thought it would be interesting to look at toolkits through the centuries. Starting with Joseph Moxon – not that he was the first man to put together a tool kit. Joseph Moxon was an English...
Okay, I get it! I need a wood floor in the wood shop. I have been photographing for a magazine article (more on this will be in future posts). Within the space of two hours a light slid off the bench, which I caught, followed by my camera and tripod — tripods...
