Firewood Project – Part 1

Firewood Project – Part 1

Fortunately the winter ran out before the wood, but it was close! What little wood remains seems silly to stack for next year. I recently finished reading ‘Make a Joint Stool from a Tree’ By Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee “When it comes to...

17th Century Jointed Stool

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...
the-apprentice-and-his-tools

the-apprentice-and-his-tools

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...

When is Right Left & Left Right

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...

Plane Truth – Part 2

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...

New Table Saw Blade

My table saw was beginning to bog down.  It had been 7 months since I bought the new table saw and I was still using the blade that came with it. I was cleaning out the woodshop and came across a slew of used and new table saw blades wrapped in newspaper dated 2007,...