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Website redesign

It has taken me the last few weeks to complete the migration of the website from Blogger to WordPress, and while there are still some adjustments to do, I decided to launch it and start collecting feedback.

Right now, the only change from the old blog is the platform it runs on and the graphic design which I tried to keep simple and clean – there are no distractions, content is king and that’s why you’re here in the first place. Continue reading this post…

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Handplane anatomy

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…

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Blog update – Google Search

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…

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Woodworking wallpapers

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…