Twin Kitchen Hutches #3
My project, building two kitchen hutches for my dinning room, is coming along well. As you can see on this picture, a dry assembly has been done, screw holes have been predrilled and [...]
First Look: Lie-Nielsen Tongue & Groove Plane
The vintage Stanley No. 48 plane was one of the most gizmo-tastic planes in the company’s arsenal. It’s a single tool that can cut both the tongue and the mating groove. All you have [...]
Hamler Scraper Inserts: The Last Batch for a While
If you have been putting off buying an insert from toolmaker Paul Hamler that converts a bench plane to a scraper plane, you might want to start checking your couch cushions for change. Hamler [...]
Grove Park Inn – Round Tabouret
This small table by Gustav Stickley is part of the Arts & Crafts furniture collection at the Grove Park Inn. The article includes a measured drawing of the piece and its history.
Three Magnets Make Sharpening Easier
The most miserable aspect of hand work is setting up the tools for the first time. Removing the coarse manufacturing scratches from the unbeveled faces of your edge tools can be grueling, boring [...]
Table Saw Guards: Pass and Fail
When people visit our shop at Woodworking Magazine, they are surprised to see the guards in place on our Powermatic 66. “Those are on just for visitors, right?” is the typical [...]
Road Test and Rode Hard
I spent most of this weekend on my knees, and it had nothing to do with a lengthy visit to Chicago’s Hopleaf gastropub or the large cooler of Julius Echter wheat beer that a reader brought [...]
Sharpening: Here's What I See
I’m fairly well convinced that my ears are different than yours. The music I like isn’t going to sound the same to you. It’s almost impossible for me to share with another [...]
Plane Soles: Ham Hands Make Iron Bananas
While teaching a class on handplanes this weekend, one student in particular was having a heck of a time with his Veritas No. 4-1/2 smoothing plane. Let’s call him Mr. Papanicolaou. (I just [...]
In the Works at Lie-Nielsen Toolworks
This weekend I assisted Thomas Lie-Nielsen during a class on handplanes at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. Thomas brought along some of the new tools they are working on and talked to the [...]
Marking Gauges: The Clamps of the Hand Tool World
Really, I have enough clamps , a couple dozen , to do just about anything. If I can’t clamp it, I can always use pinch dogs, drawboring or some other dodge to get the job done. But I [...]
Frame Fight! Coping Saws vs. Fret Saws
For those of you who chisel out all your waste when dovetailing, this post is not for you. Please move along. There’s nothing to see here. OK, now that we’re alone: Have you ever been [...]
