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On New 22" 10pt S & J Saw–Great Saw

On New 22" 10pt S & J Saw–Great Saw

A couple of months have passed since we mentioned the new Spear & Jackson saws I tested out, refined and upgraded to create dedicated rip and crosscut saws. Someone wrote me recently to ask about the shorter 22" 10pt saw, to get my opinion on it. Fact is, for

Some Thoughts on Real Woodworking Issues

Some Thoughts on Real Woodworking Issues

I've been struggling with something that's troubled me for a few years now and that is the contrast between professional or what was once just full-time woodworkers and then perhaps amateurs. I see a similar comparison in other areas affecting woodworkers in the realms of teachers

Retrofit Clamps and Match the Best...

Retrofit Clamps and Match the Best...

...well, nearly I have used inexpensive clamps for decades and the perfectionist 0or elitist amongst us might shun me for daring to compare the best with the rest but the problem with many clamps made from steel and heavy impact resistant plastics is usually weight. We recently aired the lever

Chess Board, Occasional Table and a Matched Pair of Sawhorses

Chess Board, Occasional Table and a Matched Pair of Sawhorses

Over the past few weeks we've seen many international shifts and we've been filming projects that are quick and effective to make by hand if you know how to do it. Our audience grows day by day and of course the internet has taken down most

Sad Loss for Lee Valley & Veritas

Sad Loss for Lee Valley & Veritas

Over the weekend I heard of last week's passing of Leonard Lee, the founder and CEO of the Canadian company Lee Valley & Veritas. Mr Lee birthed the company that became the woodworker's household name throughout North America with many stores in his native country of

The Bevel-down Planes Will Readily Repair Bevel-up tear-out

The Bevel-down Planes Will Readily Repair Bevel-up tear-out

Someone asked me to comment on the Stanley 62 bevel up plane and give my view. I suspect it will be the same as any bevel up plane of its size and so I will reserve my view that all bevel up planes are limited and should not be seen

My Week Making and Filming Traditional Sawhorses

My Week Making and Filming Traditional Sawhorses

I’ve been working for years now to preserve the many things I took for granted as a boy. it started with taking in apprentices in the late 80s, which I still do and then holding classes for kids in the evenings and weekend through the 90s and on into