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Hand Plane Restoration #1: Stanley Bench Plane

264 days ago by David | 38 comments »

STANLEY BENCH PLANE RESTORATION Click here for large format version More information available on my woodworking blog & podcast The Folding Rule Show Step #1 – Cleaning & Rust Removal I have been inspired by a number of resources to start using my hand planes and start o...

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Dovetailing a box

206 days ago by Alin Dobra | 31 comments »

Hello, In this blog I spend almost 40 minutes in four videos explaining how I cut dovetails. Since I give most of the explanations in the video, I will not repeat them in writing. There are multiple ways you can use these videos:1. See how somebody else is cutting dovetails and maybe get s...

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Furniture Design #1: Fibonacci gauge

335 days ago by David | 23 comments »

1 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 5 • 8 • 13 • 21 • 34 – The Fibonacci Sequence I have been fascinated with The Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Rectangle for some time. I finally got around to building a Fibonacci Gauge that was featured in WOOD Magazine. The guage maintains a consatnt propor...

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Sketchup Tutorials #2: About time I started doing these!

325 days ago by Bob Babcock | 23 comments »

OK…I’m finally starting to produce some content for this. The first a simple tutorial on creating ellipses and another a simplified mortise and tenon joint. I have a few tutorials on my to do list but I need some more suggestions. Any issues or concepts you would like illustrated? ...

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Jigs and Fixtures #3: Shooting Board Basics - VIDEO

174 days ago by mot | 32 comments »

WayneC, Bob #2 and I, have had some conversations about shooting boards. The conversations don’t last long because we all agree with eachother. It’s really the death of conversation. However, some of the hand tool posts have netted some good questions on what a shooting board is, h...

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Video Posting Tutorial

425 days ago by thewoodwhisperer | 11 comments »

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Christopher Schwarz at Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event [video]

78 days ago by kem | 10 comments »

Last week’s event in Chicago was fantastic. Being a novice, I really learned a lot from the many demonstrations and from getting to play with some fine tools. A couple of highlights for me were being able to try out Chris Schwarz’s ebony infill smoothing plane (by Wayne Anderson) and ...

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Shop Built Mitre Gauge Video (Part 1)

147 days ago by Gord Graff | 12 comments »

Hi All, Have you ever needed an extra mitre gauge for your table saw, band saw, router table or disc sander and didn’t want to spend the bucks to buy one, well have I got good news for you. In part one of this two part video I’ll show you how to use a few simple metal working techniques (ye...

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Scraper Video

229 days ago by Blake | 48 comments »

There has been a lot of chat about card scrapers lately so I thought I would take the opportunity to post my first video! Now I am by no means an expert at hand tools. I am learning a lot as I go. But I found something that works for me. My hope is that someone who has never tried a scraper wi...

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Insetting an inlay on a dining table

22 days ago by Skip | 14 comments »

Please don’t be too critical on this one. This was my first video and also my first attempt to inset an inlay. I had a lot of hours in this table and was very nervous. You may ask, “Why the inlay”. I just wanted an accent. - – Skip – -

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