789 days ago
by Dave Pearce |
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Have you ever gotten the feeling that if only you’d known more at the start of something, you’d have saved yourself a whole lot of time, effort, and money? Maybe it’s just the learning process, but there are a few things I wish I’d known ahead of time before I began buying hand tools for woodworking. In my attempt to document my own progress with the craft, hopefully I’ll provide a little insight into how I managed to assemble a working set of tools. Admittedl...
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499 days ago
by thewoodwhisperer |
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If you’re not using marking gauges or some sort of blade to lay out your joinery, you are really missing out! I remember a conversation I had with William Ng at the William Ng School when he told me, “If you want to make good joinery, use a pencil. But if you want to make great joinery, using a knife!”
Marking gauges come in several forms but they are all fundamentally similar. They consist of a ...
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314 days ago
by apprentice |
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My latest tool and project which I made in a day from a local wind blown Laburnum this cutting gauge.Measuring 4” by 3” by 1-3/16” with a 3/4” stick also from the same timber.The stick is secured by a disc and side plate setup from the rear of the block by a transverse 10.00mm nickel silver solid rod drilled to take a 6.00 thread which is intersected by an ebony knob which has the 6.00mm bolt cut to length and also threaded and glued into the timber.Inside the main bod...
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