Monthly Archives: March 2010
Second Use purchase
I was going to make some crack about Vice or Vise, but I think it’s come off a bit flat. Instead, I’ll just post a pic of my new score and babble on a bit about my workbench plans. (and struggles.) I found this at a fun store to visit, Second Use, where I like [...]
Apple Hammer
I made a quick hammer on the lathe tonight, out of some applewood I had lying around. It spent some time outside, so it’s got lots of checks and cracks, but it’s still pretty solid hardwood. And what I was making was intended to be used for hammering chisels, so it could be less than [...]
Dovetail Box Progress… and FAIL
So, fresh from the Roy Underhill teachings on dovetails, I wanted to do it myself at home to cement this knowledge into my head. I learn best by doing, and I did a successful dovetail in class, but then went on a week vacation. So today I thought I’d do another corner of the dovetail [...]
PATINA Tool show shopping…
Still catching up on my posts after coming back from Vacation. This post is just a “show off” or “tool gloat” post. Shown in the picture from the Top Left. 2 different width paring chisels- these are not as common as they used to be, and these look nice. I learned to use them at [...]
Woodwrights School day 2
Thursday 3/11/2010 – Dovetails, Mortise & Tenon with Roy Underhill Described on the website thusly “After this one-day workshop you’ll have no excuse! You’ll learn to lay out and cut the classic through dovetail, the half-blind dovetail for drawers, as well as the intersecting mortise and tenon joint for chair and table construction. You’ll take [...]
Removing Rust
I tried a trick for removing rust last night on a Disston possibly No. 4 steel backed backsaw. It’s a tenon saw I think, and I found it for $7 at an antique store with a busted horn on the bottom of the handle, some light pitting on one side of the blade, and a [...]
Woodwrights School day 1
Wednesday night “Planes for Joinery” with Roy Underhill, Bill Anderson, and Elia. 3/10/2010 Showing up at the Woodwright School was a little intimidating because it felt like every one already knew each other, and I was walking in cold. Everyone was very friendly, but it was a little overwhelming at first. There was some apparent [...]
Tomorrow I meet a Master…
I leave for North Carolina tomorrow morning, and being from Seattle, it’s fair trek to get there. I am going to meet a master of the craft, a veritable crazy old Jedi wizard of hand tool woodworking. Roy Underhill. I am taking a class and a seminar at the newly opened Woodwrights School in Pittsboro, [...]
Oak Furniture The British Tradition Reprinted? Yes!
Carving in Alder
Oilstone Sharpening Level Up!