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Paul Sellers

Writing On a Lived Life

Writing On a Lived Life

In past years, like many of us, I've had to recover from different things. The most recent of these was recovering from three busted ribs after a man, an athletic runner, chased after me and with no warning, rammed into my back. I felt my ribs pop on

Card Scraper Question

Card Scraper Question

Thanks Paul. I have recently picked up a cabinet scraper. However, I seem to get a better finish with my card scrapers. Is that normal? When do you use a card scraper over a cabinet scraper? I need to revisit your cabinet scraper video as well. These scrapers are amazing.

Another Perfect Scraper Solution

I come up with them all the time and this one should knock your socks off . . . Or at least take incredible shavings for you. New to woodworking or a seasoned machinist, I often get woodworkers lamenting that they sometimes get a good edge to Card Scrapers, but mostly not. I

Things New

Things New

Something stirs deeply in new beginnings. The gestation of an inspired possibility in the ordinary of life prompts us to think of things beyond our capacity for a thought is nothing more than the expansion of a small cell, a pulse of oxygen, of blood and our brain reshaping, refolding

It Came Out Right

It Came Out Right

I remember when #4 Stanley planes would sell on eBay for around one pound, or even less if it was an English version. There are remarkable differences between some UK Stanley models and US versions. Oh, it's not really in functionality or quality where the difference lies, none

Another Guide From the Paul Sellers' Stable

Another Guide From the Paul Sellers' Stable

A Guide Like No Other I'm more an advocate for freehand sharpening because of the speed and efficiency it gives me. My chisel and plane irons come 95% that way, and I'm more an advocate for developing methods that rely on our developing skill and mastery

Contrariness Creates Individuality

Contrariness Creates Individuality

It's the way that the grain twists and turns and then, at an abrupt arris, the growth rings people sometimes call annual rings take off at unpredictable angles as though unable to make up their minds when they grew in their wildness. And then, just as abruptly, without