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These are my last eBay purchases before my US trip. The tenon saw is a Spear & Jackson 8" dovetail saw with a brass back. Steel backed ones work as well too, but are slightly lighter in weight.  This particular dovetail saw is one of my favourites. The man

Woods and walks Working with wood can do strange things with your mind. You reject merely looking at pictures of wood because the substitute can't come close to the real thing. There is no sap, no hard annual ring, texture is missing and of course there is no

Question: Hi Paul, I have a question about harvesting wood from a tree. I live in Wimberley Texas, and my neighbor and I were going to be cutting two cedar trees down soon due to pollen allergy reasons and they are right by our AC units. Anyways, I do own

Older Spear & Jackson saws can still be found I fixed up a couple of Spear and Jackson saws from the 60's this week and finished them off today. You can buy these on eBay for around £25 (sometimes less) and at first glance you may discard the

Moulding the stock Following up from the video film on the strength of these mitres. These are the steps I took to make this picture-frame moulded and inlaid stock and the frame itself. It’s dead straight forward using a pair of wooden T&G planes, a moulding plane,

I had an incredible day again. That may seem like an over emphasis on the ordinary; an exaggeration if you will allow me. Well, remarkably, it was an utter success and at the end of the day, around 4pm, the class concluded with swept benches, stowed tools and well-made fully