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Alluminium clamps - Retrofit makes a perfect clamp

Alluminium clamps - Retrofit makes a perfect clamp

This post is for Matthew who asked me about the red sash clamps I use in my workshop. He saw them on the videos and in my book. This was my reply: Matthew, You can buy the 24"-48" sash clamps in this style for between £7-£11,

Plane evaluation - Lightweight thin-ironed planes really work...

Plane evaluation - Lightweight thin-ironed planes really work...

...and they work exceptionally well. The title says it. Buy #4s and 4 1/2s, 5s and 5 1/2s of the old style Stanleys and Records with impunity. Don't retrofit with thick irons or special cap irons; fettle, flatten and sharpen well and your cheaper plane will

About planes – revisited

About planes – revisited I have for years been concerned about the grand push of heavy planes and have spoken against those misinforming us that thin irons don’t work and that lightweight planes such as Record and Stanley #4 and #41/2 are somehow so inferior that we should avoid

Hope chest advancing progress

Hope chest advancing progress

I have raised all of the panels for the lower frames and now it looks like a completed box except for the lid. I am starting the lid tomorrow so watch out for any technique that might be of value. I plan to form, joint and raise the panel completely

Happy Thanksgiving USA

Happy Thanksgiving USA

I just read my latest article in the British magazine The Woodworker and Woodturner. It's a bit different than my usual articles for the magazines and I hope it helps people to understand some of the things we woodworkers do and the reason we do what we do,

The Real Woodworking Campaign (RWC)

The RWC is going really well but we still need people to not only sign on, but comment too. Please be absolutely assured that this is not a commercial ploy for some venture or launch aside from truly evaluating the future of woodworking so we can create a strategy that

Mitred corners sustain 42 lbs of direct pressure

Mitred corners sustain 42 lbs of direct pressure

42 lbs (pounds) equals 19 kilo. At the woodworking show I made many moulded frame parts and used dovetailed splines to secure the corners. I glued one of them back at the workshop and let it dry and then today I tried to force the joint with hand pressure. The