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Questions answered - Flat- or Round - bottomed Spokeshaves

Questions answered - Flat- or Round - bottomed Spokeshaves

Flat-bottomed and Round-bottomed Spokeshaves Hi Paul, It was a pleasure to meet you at the Fredericksburg VA Woodworking Show. I hope to be taking your beginner course next spring. However, I have two questions to ask. 1. Are all of your spokeshaves flat bottomed or do you use a rounded

First day of the UK Month-long workshop

First day of the UK Month-long workshop

Today we added greater meat to the bones of our Foundational Course. Here we test and challenge the efficacy of my work over the past 20 years. I know it work because hundreds have proven it. This course is different. They make three major projects without using machines and having

Hand tools - perfect training for men and women woodworkers

The wood always takes some pulling together for a larger class. That’s magnified a hundredfold by my insistence on milling my own stock for the students. As I twist the boards and turn each piece I think of the men and women I pick the pieces for. I think

The prep class concluded

The prep class concluded

This was a fun three days for me and I think for the handful of people who came to prepare for Tomorrow’s month-long when they will be joined by many more. Gerald and Colin are helping each other wrap up for the weekend. We gained much ground in foundational

Phil's big bench fits

Phil's big bench fits

OK. We got the big bench in the workshop this week and it fits Phil a treat as you can see. He says back strain is gone, he's closer to his work and he's happy. As to the wrist deal and measurements being taken from the

Making a saw file handle in two minutes

Making a saw file handle in two minutes

OK, you are buying files in Europe and they are for the main part all double ended so you get two files for the price and material content of one. Most people use only about four inches of a saw file because that's all the length required to

Brass Backs Versus Steel Backs

Brass Backs Versus Steel Backs

Up to more recent decades, all tenon saws had a folded spline running along the length of the saw, a process developed over 250 years ago and one which some companies held to until as recently as the 1980s. There are merits to this, but none that warrant changing back,