Archive of posts with category 'woodworking'

Getting Started in Hand Tool Woodworking

Thinking about getting started in hand tool woodworking? Thinking about working more hybrid with the joinery being hand done and the grunt work done by machines? Wondering what do you...

Tool Chest Treasures

Would you spot tool chest treasures, for woodworking, in the wild?

Making a Pointed Tip Bolt

There are several componenets to make when building the PASK Makes jig for handles. One of them is taking some bolts, chucking it up in a drill, and using a...

Shooting Board - Making and Tuning (Fixing)

After building a workbench and restoring vintage hand tools, a shooting board was the next thing to build. After scouring YouTube, I settled on the Rob Cosman version. He makes...

Saving Marples Conclusion

I applied the same steps to restoring the remaining Marples chisels that I did to the 3/4” chisel.

Saving Marples

Chisels. What’s good? What’s bad? What’s average?