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Straighten and Tension a Bent Hand Saw
Bob Rozaieski

How to Straighten and Tension a Hand Saw

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools, Videos
  • Date December 4, 2020
  • Comments 1 comment
December 4, 2020
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Just about everyone who has ever used a hand saw has bent or kinked a saw in use at some point. Sometimes the bend springs back, and sometimes it doesn’t. However, bending a saw doesn’t necessarily relegate it to becoming scraper stock or wall art. In many, if not most cases, the saw can probably be straightened out again.

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Milk Paint
Bob Rozaieski

How to Mix and Use Milk Paint

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date December 1, 2020
  • Comments 0 comment
December 1, 2020
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Milk paint is an easy finish to apply, and gives pieces a beautiful and lively color with lots of character. Here’s my method for mixing and applying it.

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ShootingBoard11
Bob Rozaieski

Hand Tool Appliances

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date November 25, 2020
  • Comments 0 comment
November 25, 2020
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In the power tool world they’re called jigs. In the hand tool world, we call them appliances.

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English Workbench
Bob Rozaieski

Shop Tour 2009 & Shop Organization Ideas

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date November 23, 2020
  • Comments 0 comment
November 23, 2020
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My shop is much different today than it was when I started making videos over 12 years ago.  So today, I give you my shop tour from 2009, and some storage and organization ideas that I used back when I worked out of a much smaller space.

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Wooden coffin smooth planes
Bob Rozaieski

How to Adjust a Wooden Hand Plane

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools, Videos
  • Date November 20, 2020
  • Comments 9 comments
November 20, 2020
9

Wooden hand planes can be confusing to the new hand tool user because it isn’t very intuitive how to use them. In this video, I attempt to demystify the process.

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William & Mary Walnut Burl Veneered Bible Box
Bob Rozaieski

How to Install a Half Mortise Lock

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date November 20, 2020
  • Comments 1 comment
November 20, 2020
1

Locks can be a bit tricky to install well on boxes and cases. They typically require multiple mortises of varying depths, and things don’t always line up quite right. Measuring can work, but I find it best to use the lock itself to lay everything out. Here’s how.

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Bob Rozaieski

How to Align Saw Bolt Holes to a New Saw Handle

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools, Videos
  • Date October 29, 2020
  • Comments 0 comment
October 29, 2020
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If you have an old saw that needs a new handle, you will have to transfer the location of the saw bolt holes from the saw blade to the new handle blank.

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Crosscutting with a hand saw
Bob Rozaieski

Hand Saw Foundations Introduction

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date October 12, 2020
  • Comments 2 comments
October 12, 2020
2

This is the introductory video to my Hand Saw Foundations course.

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ShepherdSaws04
Bob Rozaieski

How to Sharpen a Hand Saw – The 2009 Version

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date October 6, 2020
  • Comments 1 comment
October 6, 2020
1

I have never really understood all of the hesitation that folks have learning to sharpen their own hand saws. It’s no more difficult than learning to sharpen a plane iron or a chisel. All it takes is a small investment in some simple, inexpensive tools and a few minutes of practice.

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Hand Tools & Techniques Podcast
Bob Rozaieski

HTT062 – Milk Paint Primer

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Audio, Shop Tips
  • Date October 2, 2020
  • Comments 2 comments
October 2, 2020
2

Today, we have the Patron Extra podcast from June 2018.  In this show, I talk about milk paint.

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Hand Tools & Techniques Podcast
Bob Rozaieski

HTT061 – Workbenches: Build or Buy?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Audio, Shop Tips
  • Date September 24, 2020
  • Comments 0 comment
September 24, 2020
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Today, we have the Patron Extra podcast from October 2017.  In this show, I talk about building vs. buying a workbench.  Is building a workbench a rite of passage?  Listen in for my thoughts!

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How to Prepare and Use Hot Hide Glue

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Date September 16, 2020
  • Comments 0 comment
September 16, 2020
0

I frequently get questions about hot hide glue. Contrary to what some would have us believe, hot hide glue is not complicated to use. In fact, it is actually very forgiving.

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