Popular Woodworking Magazine » DVD http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:25:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New: ‘Mastering Hand Tools: Basic Skills for Balanced Woodworking’http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/new-%e2%80%98mastering-hand-tools-basic-skills-for-balanced-woodworking%e2%80%99 http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/new-%e2%80%98mastering-hand-tools-basic-skills-for-balanced-woodworking%e2%80%99#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:47:47 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=150141
New: ‘Mastering Hand Tools: Basic Skills for Balanced Woodworking’

If you read this blog, you are probably interested in hand tools. And if you are at the beginning of your journey, this blog entry is for you. Popular Woodworking Magazine commissioned me to make a series of 10 to-the-point videos about hand tools that try to strip away the confusion so you can get … Read more »

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Coming Soon: Grind, Hone & Get Back to Work

The best sharpening advice I ever heard was from Tony Konovalov: Grind, hone and get back to work. Or, to put it another way: Which is more fun? Making your tools sharp or making your tools dull? When it comes to sharpening tools, I am not meditative. I am not slow. I am not interested … Read more »

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New Video: 'Cheating at Hand-cut Dovetails'

As I’ve written before in this blog, many woodworkers are amazed to learn that I hand-cut my dovetails even though I consider myself mostly a power-tool woodworker – I would say I’m about 70 percent power and 30 percent hand. One area that I have used hand tools primarily is for dovetail work. At this … Read more »

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