I was catching up on my reading and found an odd post written by The Schwarz where he mentioned “a chisel with rasp-like teeth on its shank”. It sounded like a joke to me…
Everyone who’s been reading Chris’ blog for a while knows he’s a funny guy, but he’s also a talented and knowledgeable woodworker, and above all, a professional journalist. So I gave it a second though and realized I wanted to see what that joke of a tool was all about. Continue reading this post…
Bench planes are without doubt the most used tools on a hand tool shop. You can use them to prepare your rough boards – remove all the cups, bows and twists, plane it down to the thickness you want and smooth the surface in preparation for finishing.
While this task may require various tools like a scrub plane, a jointer, a jack and a smoother, most share the same anatomy. Continue reading this post…
I decided it was time to add a search feature to the blog and after a little research I found that Google provides a couple of widgets you can easily add to any site and make it search enabled within minutes.
The first widget adds the search box which you can place anywhere on all pages of your website while the second is for the results Continue reading this post…
While checking out some Lie-Nielsen tools I’ve been considering buying I came across a set of six high quality wallpapers you might like to see on your computer screen.
I particularly enjoy the one above – most probably because it’s black & white and it features the LN smoothing plane that’s been on my wish list for quite some time. Continue reading this post…
