I’ve always been curious about how a toothed blade performs and how and when it should be used in stock preparation. It’s not a common type of blade for a handplane and so far I’ve only seen one in a cabinet shop. Is was mounted on a wooden bodied plane which looked like a small smoother and I was told it was used to create some grooves on the face of boards when gluing them face to face. 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…
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…
It’s a known fact that these days there are a lot of handtool makers producing outstanding tools, tools that improve on the vintage ones they’re based on.
You can no longer say that if you want a good western style chisel you need to get yourself a used Stanley n.750 and restore it to good working condition. Continue reading this post…
