Wood, your hand tools, you and a little know-how. Share your questions, tips and strategies for the use and maintenance of hand-tools.
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 Millers falls hand drill dis-assemblySo I picked this old millers falls quite cheap. My plan is to do a full re... |
9 | 37 minutes ago |
 Miniature Tool CollectionI’ve decided to start a new thread to announce my collection of miniatu... |
24 | 53 minutes ago |
 Where to buy saw files?Ive been meaning to acquire all the tools necessary to reshape and sharpen up... |
33 | 2 hours ago |
 Show the restoration before and after.I thought it would be cool to have a place for a collection of before and aft... |
1785 | 5 hours ago |
 Mallets of your dreamsWe have a handplane thread, a saw thread, a brace thread, and a chisel thread... |
2403 | 5 hours ago |
 Name this planeI found this hand plane at an auction today. There is no identifying marks on... |
18 | 6 hours ago |
 plane blade flattening issueso ive been trying to flatten the back of this pita for days off and on but i... |
17 | 9 hours ago |
 Shop-made Tool SwapIn the past six months on Lumberjocks, we have had two shop-made tool swaps (... |
773 | 13 hours ago |
 An interesting Hand PlaneA real good friend o-mine came across some handplanes, 4 of them. A #4 and a ... |
21 | 14 hours ago |
 HandWorks show in Amana, Iowa - May 24 and 25There’s a show of small hand tool makers this coming weekend in the Ama... |
1 | 23 hours ago |
 What is this?I’ve had this in my toolbox for a while, it was in my shed when I bough... |
10 | 1 day ago |
Lapping plane soles and blade backs with a belt sander....... is something I’ve never tried doing. At the moment, I happily d... |
11 | 1 day ago |
 How many short stretchers?I am currently building my workbench base out of Douglas Fir. I made it easy... |
2 | 1 day ago |
Hand plane questionI am new to hand planes and have bought and have refinished a couple of old S... |
34 | 2 days ago |
 Anybody Notice Home Depot Dumped Jorgensen Clamps in Favor of Chinese IrwinsI was just in HD this afternoon and I had planned to pick up a couple of 12&#... |
70 | 2 days ago |
 How accurate is a used Starrett combination square?I bought a Johnson combination square from Home Depot earlier this year for a... |
24 | 4 days ago |
 More Old tools (Saws)My Pops gave me some more old tools, 10 hand saws to be exact. The 3 on th... |
11 | 4 days ago |
 Two new hand made tools... with a spooky connection!OK here’s the story: About a month ago my friend Klaus (kiefer) post... |
11 | 4 days ago |
 Identify if you canCAn anyone tell me what a compass was used for is it worth anything? |
10 | 4 days ago |
 Worth $100 plus removing rust?Like the title says – think this is a good, OK or pricey deal? The ad s... |
6 | 5 days ago |
