Hand Tool Woodworking Instruction and Thoughts

Shop Update for 4/14/17: Chairmaker’s Lathe Tool Rest

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Chair and Table Legs Made Easier with a Long Tool Rest Turning flowing curves and long cylinders and

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We All Scream for Ice Cream This week I am working on some Christmas gifts. My wife always gives something

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This project is a fun one because it involves very little stock and can be completed in a few hours,

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Once you get labelled a “woodworker” by your circle of friends, colleagues, acquaintances,

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Well I added another lathe. I admit it, I have a problem. The last thing I needed was another treadle

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“It’s not you, it’s me” I said with a tear in my eye and a guilty weight on my

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I’m adding permanent handles to all my files and rasps and thought I would do them on the pole

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When it comes to finishing, I am an idiot so I try to keep my finishes idiot proof. This applies doubly

Turning a bowl from green wood creates additional pressure on the woodworker that has nothing to do with