Popular Woodworking Magazine » Woodworking Hand Tools http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Laminate File: A Woodworking Hand Tool You Didn’t Know You Neededhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/hand-tools-techniques/plastic-laminate-file-the-tool-you-didnt-know-you-needed http://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/hand-tools-techniques/plastic-laminate-file-the-tool-you-didnt-know-you-needed#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:30:32 +0000 Robert W. Lang http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=257667
Adjust a tenon with a file

Tool snobs beware: This post is about an inexpensive tool that is useful for woodworking and without an ounce of style or charm. In the cabinet industry, plastic laminate files are used for filing the edges of plastic laminate after trimming with a router. In that world, they are a consumable item and are purchased … Read more »

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What Tools Do I Need to Start Woodworking?

Woodworking really is simple, despite all attempts to complicate it. Complications introduced by well-meaning folks can keep a beginner away from the enjoyable part: making things. One of the most common questions is “what tools do I need to get started?” and as the would-be woodworker starts reading he soon begins asking, “Which set of … Read more »

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Stealing Away to the Shop

Wrapping up the last details on a piece I’ve been building for the April issue, I had a nice surprise last weekend: Stealing away a few minutes while my kids took a nap (or a least pretended to), I headed out to the shop, grabbed an old carving knife and started experimenting with a piece … Read more »

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Two Cherries Skew Bevel Wood Chisels

Here's a great gift idea for the woodworker who has everything – skew chisels!Two Cherries bevel edge chisels with a skew cutting edge for hand controlled paring and other detailed work. The pair contains 2, 12mm tools with right and left angled cutting edge, perfect for trimming slightly protruding dovetails, tenons, dowels, and a multitude of applications where finesse, not chopping is required. Click here to buy these great skew chisels. Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-gifts/two-cherries-skew-bevel-wood-chisels/feed 0 Christopher Schwarz DVD Combo Packhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/product-spotlight/christopher-schwarz-dvd-combo-pack http://www.popularwoodworking.com/product-spotlight/christopher-schwarz-dvd-combo-pack#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:59:13 +0000 ShopWoodworking.com http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=113686 Here's a great gift idea, at a 27 percent savings! Included in the DVD Combo Pack: "The Last Word On Sharpening," "Build an 18th-century Workbench," " Handplane Basics - A Better Way to Use Bench Planes" and "Build a Sawbench with Christopher Schwarz." Click here to buy this DVD collection now. Read more »

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Tag Team Secret for Graceful Curves

Even though I build a lot of straight line  Arts & Crafts style furniture, one of my favorite tasks in woodworking is shaping an irregularly curved surface. It adds life and interest and I find it entertaining to find a gentle curve that works with the grain for looks and the hand for feel. There … Read more »

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Sawing Particleboard and Plywood

Precision cutting with a hand-held circular saw. I’d like to know who it was that decided that plywood was best sold in 4-foot by 8-foot sheets. I’ve always thought that it was a practical joke in questionable taste to take such a wonderfully useful woodworking material and manufacture it in sheets that are bigger than … Read more »

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'Handplane Essentials' – Now Available in Byte Size

After hours and hours and hours of work (please, some kind soul, send Vodka), I was finally able to get “Handplane Essentials,” by Christopher Schwarz, into a PDF format that plays nice with all PDF-equipped eReaders. The Boring Stuff This is more information that you no doubt want, but the problem seems to be that … Read more »

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Building a Handmade Try Square

Jim Tolpin’s newest book, “The New Traditional Woodworker” teaches the reader how to work with hand tools by using them to build useful bench and shop tools. Each project builds on the skill learned in the preceding chapter. This process makes for an easy and fun learning curve. One of the more attractive project tools … Read more »

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