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Ferrules

When making simple hand tools, a ferrule is an important addition.

The ferrule on the knife was made by heating a nut on punch, to a nice cherry red an then beating it with a hammer. This gave it a good angled inner surface that jams on tight to a wooden mortise. This [...]

Jointmaker Pro Showing Up Now!

A few folk on blogs  have mentioned getting their Jointmaker Pro.   Mine will probably ship today or tomorrow!   I am hoping, today!

At the Festool Owners Group, two of the participants have mentioned getting their JMP and that it was a lot of parts to put together, but it has gone together wonderfully as [...]

A Lovely Failure

Planes need heels.  I was not positive of that, so I had to do a test.  Besides the scetches looked so cool.

It really is a beauty, precise, and capable of making a nice shaving.  Sadly the force you have to use to keep the nose down and stable while working, will wear [...]

One of the Great Challenges of Woodworking, Resawing

Resawing is a pain.  Either with power or hand tools.  It is easy for the blade to drift, easy to not pay attention and have it drift on the other side.  Bandsaws can do a good job, but the setup and calibration need to be perfect and even then the grain can force a [...]

Bling Clamp

Normally you don’t expect a clamp to demonstrate too much bling and normally I don’t go for too much bling.  However, I have to admit that Sir Richard has made the best looking bling or no bling clamp I have seen to date!

Talent and artistry,  he blogs about tools and toolmaking and he [...]