Popular Woodworking Magazine » Franklin Gottshall http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Franklin Gottshall Practice Block Sketchup Modelhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/franklin-gottshall-practice-block-sketchup-model http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/franklin-gottshall-practice-block-sketchup-model#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 14:38:30 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=105230 This is a model of a small block of wood used to practice layout and joinery. Read more »

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Coping With Curves

Time for a show of hands. Have you ever said, “I can’t cut curves because I don’t have a band saw, a jig saw or an oscillating spindle sander?” If so, here’s a solution that involves an unsung hero of the hand-tool world, the coping saw. Coping saws offer a tremendous bang for your buck. … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/coping-with-curves/feed 6 The Chisel-Hatchet and Scalpel In Onehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/the-chisel-hatchet-and-scalpel-in-one http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/the-chisel-hatchet-and-scalpel-in-one#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:49:23 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/editorsblog/The+ChiselHatchet+And+Scalpel+In+One.aspx
The Chisel-Hatchet and Scalpel In One

Here’s my theory: if you get good using one tool, learning the next tool you pick up will be easier. Good woodworkers connect a piece of wood on the bench and their brain through their hands and the tools in their hands. Learn how to make that connection and you will easily pick up new … Read more »

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And Now for the Chisel

Working on this little block has been an interesting experience, and I hope you’ll give it a try. Explaining it on the blog has made me think about a lot of basic things that have become habit over the years. The Gottshall block is a hand tool education, and one of the lessons is that … Read more »

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You Can Really Do That

One of the greatest moments in marketing history was the mass adoption of power tools following World War II. Before then, the standard thinking was that just about anyone could pick up a saw and cut a piece of wood. Within 20 years that notion became an eccentricity. If you want to sell anything to … Read more »

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Better Than a Pencil

One of the things that can overwhelm a beginning woodworker is the sheer number of choices to make about the simplest things. It doesn’t help that there is always someone waiting to tell you that there is a better, faster, easier, or morally superior way to do it. That improved method usually involves a new … Read more »

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Exercise in Layout and Marking

If you’ve taken the bait and are willing to make a Gottshall block, I suggest you ask yourself two questions before you start. What kind of woodworker do you want to be, and how will you know when you get there? There aren’t any right or wrong answers; this is something we do for fun … Read more »

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