Have you ever wanted to learn how period drawers were built? Look at a sliding lid candle box.
On today’s show, I discuss setting up a shooting board, good hand tool woods, when to stop and sharpen your tools, workbench top thickness, and what power tools make the most sense in a mostly hand tool shop.
When the lever cap is properly set, the blade should not move during normal planing, but should be able to be adjusted without having to loosen the lever cap.
Cutting open three wooden coffin smooth planes to see what makes them tick.
Basic leather work is actually not that difficult or expensive to do. So let’s make a dovetail saw case.
What’s more important for today’s traditional woodworker, obtaining the end product, of the process of doing so?
On today’s show, I discuss hiding grooves in dovetailed drawers, building a period style overlay drawer with a thumbnail molding, black stains on wood, modifying basic joinery for special situations, and starting out with hand tools on a limited budget.
To be efficient with hand tools, sometimes you have to change the way you think about the craft.
How does the joinery you choose to use to assemble your projects impact your ability to be efficient with your hand tools?
How does the wood you choose to work with impact your ability to be efficient with your hand tools?
What are the secrets to working more efficiently with hand tools?
If you still think hand tools are slow, I have some news for you – it’s not the tools.