Reply To: Inappropriate use of power tools
…making jigs for said power tools. I’ve got nothing against power tools, per se, but why spend 30 minutes doing something powered that can be done in 15 by hand?…
…making jigs for said power tools. I’ve got nothing against power tools, per se, but why spend 30 minutes doing something powered that can be done in 15 by hand?…
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/hand-tool-events/USA/47 Lie Nielsen is having a hand tool event in Chicago at Jeff Miller’s workshop. FYI. Escpecially: @jrfinkel & @dborn I think I’ll go and ogle their tools for a…
…forums. My first projects have been shop fixtures and tools like a shooting board and dovetail layout tool. I have also been working on my technique for joining stock to…
This is good here, I am in a similar position. I retired 3 years ago and until then I was Power Tool Junkie Thanks to Norm Abram “The New Yankee…
…draw back, my desire to fill my tool cabinet with a half set of hollows & rounds, hand planes and other hand tools. Thank You Mr. Sellers for making my…
Hello fellow woodworkers. I need to do 55cm (22inch) wide mitres in oak using hand tools obviously. Anyone did it before? What tools and techniques would you use? It is…
…level. I’m not dogmatic about any approach and will continue to use power tools for dimensioning rough wood. For a small project I might consider dimensioning by hand tools, but…
…in them all, the lie Nielsen is only offered in A2 tool steel, it’s a pain in the butt to sharpen, the new veritas is pretty but I handled one…
Interesting question. I’d say the tool I was least impressed with was the General 809 honing guide. I bought it because I was struggling to maintain what I believed was…
…tool on the bench. It seems the sun shining through the window had changed the colour of the wood except of course where it couldn’t penetrate i.e.where the tools sat….