Monthly Archives: September 2010
The simplicity of a planing stop
Tonight I discovered something, I’m sure the experienced hand tool wood workers out there already knew. The simple ease of the planing stop. A proper height bench, a good piece of wood and a sharp plane really helps, but the simple ease of a planing stop is pretty cool. Before my instincts would have been [...]
New Workbench part 2
I didn’t get much time to work on it, but I did tack the legs of the new workbench on test out the height, and start working on the top. The legs are nice and solid, and add a nice character to my recycled materials “frankenbench”. When all is said and done it will probably [...]
September PNTC Tool meeting
This weekend I got a chance to attend my second meeting of the Pacific Northwest Tool Collectors group, this time as a member rather than a visitor. I had a list this time, and I got most of what I was looking for actually, and a couple of interesting pieces. My main goal was to [...]
New Workbench part 1
OK, after much deliberating and wrangling of hands, I’ve decided to start in on building my new work bench. It’s been a pretty rough time trying to get this point, full of second guessing, changing plans, and lots (too much) research. I’m still quite new to the whole hand tool woodworking world, so I’m not [...]
Making a Cheap Draw-bore Pin
Tonight I made a draw-bore pin from the Harbor Freight punch set I picked up a couple weeks ago. I picked up the idea from the Oldwolf blog that I sometimes read. I put a simple handle on it from some scrap Myrtle I had in the scrap bin. Not much to say that won’t [...]
Oak Furniture The British Tradition Reprinted? Yes!
Carving in Alder
Oilstone Sharpening Level Up!