Bookshelves: Episode 1
…the selection, cutting and planing of stock. He then marks out and chops the stopped housing dado joints on the top piece of the bookshelves using a few different techniques….
…the selection, cutting and planing of stock. He then marks out and chops the stopped housing dado joints on the top piece of the bookshelves using a few different techniques….
Was a template for the spatula included within the book? I noticed others but not one for the spatula.
Not exactly like in the book , but here is my first carved bowl. It was a lot of work (for me it was ) and it needed a lot…
Yes I think you’re right but I did look at the bookcase build but I wasn’t sure about a couple of things. On the bookcase the top has dados which…
…this joint? I think perhaps you don’t see it in books because it has become more or less obsolete now mortises can be so quickly machined, and modern books might…
@dperrott I received the book on Friday and have been reading it. So far I like it! It is very concise and easy to read. I looked forward in the…
You might want to check out some of the Japanese methods. With such limited space it might provide a good solution. Odate’s book about tools and techniques states that they…
I just finished Christopher Schwarz’s book and am shopping around for a spokeshave. In the book, he recommends, if you are only to have one spokeshave to have a convex…
I asked Paul a very similar question on his blog several months ago. He recommended Aldren Watson’s books. I now have two: Hand Tools, and Country Furniture. They are both…
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