Part 3 – A Beginners Guide to Using Hand Tools and Traditional methods

As a boy, attending secondary school in England in 70’s, I was required to take woodworking classes as part of my education. For most of us this was our first encounter with using traditional hand tools. We learned how to manipulate wood by planing, sawing and chiseling and created all sorts of things including garden dibbers, boxes, chessboards and coffee tables read more…

Mystery Tool – 2 revealed

Mystery Tool – 2 revealed

This was the mystery tool – I had many responses but not a single correct one – which really wasn’t a surprise given that this tool is probably no longer used.

June’s Mystery Tool

June’s Mystery Tool

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This month’s Mystery tool.

Mystery item – 1 revealed

Mystery item – 1 revealed

Some weeks ago I posted this unusual item as a mystery tool           Here is the tools in all its glory  ...
Part 2 – Using Hand Tools and Traditional methods

Part 2 – Using Hand Tools and Traditional methods

Your tool collection will grow as your experience and needs increase. Well, we have already reached the point where to continue with this project, we need to add a few more ‘necessary tools’, namely a ripsaw, a couple of 610mm bar clamps, a hand drill, a set of brad point bits, a countersink, a flat head screwdriver and a marking gauge.

Article In UK Magazine

If you have been following my woodworking adventures you will have noticed a bit of a hiatus in my posts.  Well there’s a good reason – I have been busy with projects that have taken longer than expected, but more importantly, I was commissioned to write a...