The final step in putting our vintage in-cannel gouge back to work is to re-grind and hone the bevel and back of the cutting edge.
Category Archives: Tools
HTT054 – What Can You Learn from Bad Design?
On today’s show, I discuss setting up a cabinet scraper, sapwood vs. heartwood, attaching handles to thin case sides, slop in bench plane adjusters, and learning from poor furniture designs.
Restoring an In-cannel Gouge – Part 1
I’m going to be restoring a 19th century in-cannel gouge to working order. So the first step is obviously to obtain a gouge.
In Praise of In-cannel Gouges
I find these tools extremely useful in the work that I do and I think it’s really unfortunate that more people don’t use them.
June 2019 Patron Q&A Video
In this video, I discuss reference faces and edges, combination planes, dado planes, and rabbet planes.