In the 1970s I attended what was then called a ‘Building School’ and learned all the finer points of woodworking and hand tool usage. To this day, the most useful and most used tool in my toolbox isn’t what you might expect…. Read more
As woodworkers we rely heavily on our hand tools and expect them to perform as designed. We hone our plane irons and chisels to keep them sharp, we realign table saws and once in a while may resurface a bench. But then again, some of the tools we use, we take for granted, and expect them to perform as they did when we bought them. Take for example a combination square. I don’t know about you but that is my go to square of choice – only one moving part – what could possibly go wrong with it…?
With so much activity in the shop it is hard to find the time to clean the tools… But it’s important to once in a while clean the table saw.
Last month I wrote about Cut nails – this is a follow-up with a video by the highly skilled and entertaining James Hamilton aka Stumpy Nubs. Enjoy
Recently we visited dear friends in England and while we were whiling away a very pleasant afternoon I happen to notice their book shelf was sagging quite considerably. Read more…
The re-purposed door for the potting shed (an article yet to be finished) had a really neat door bell – a manual rotary – the sort that by spinning the knob rotates a set of gears inside that in turn forces the ‘clackers’ out to hit the bell itself – basically works like a bicycle bell.