Category Archives: books
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 [...]
Mary Rose
I finally got a hold of a copy of “Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose” through inter library loan. It a veritable treasure trove of information on woodworking and tools from 1500′s England. So many of the wooden tools survived due to amazing and somewhat miraculous circumstances. Much of the iron [...]
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Tuning up a Dado Plane
Old German Workbench
Drawing some Gothic Tracery for carving layout