A Delightful Mill

I got to visit Texas Kiln Products Direct Mill!

This is a business that I am pleased to support!

A Tribute to James Krenov

We will miss the great James Krenov.   I am making a Krenov Style Plane as a bit of a remembrance.

I have had the basic shape cut out for a while, but now I am back to it.  Here it is after the four basic cuts.

There are several styles of plane that stand out as icons. [...]

Making a Spill Rabbet Plane

I am designing a rabbet plane, that will also make spills as I work.

Spills are the nifty little spirals of wood.  A rabbet of course is a plane that can cut right into the edge of a corner.   My goal is to have a left and right handed spill rabbet with adjustable fences.  But first [...]

Making A Radius Cutter

I recently made a Radius Cutter/Scribe. I love it, it is perfect, I use is for all sorts of things now, including measurements.  That said, I need another, the first one does not make a circle less than 2.25 inches across.

So far, here is what I have made:

What a Pencil Shave Can do!

I took about 20 minutes and tested what a pencil shave can do.

Sweet little tool, made with one of the cutters from a pencil sharpener.

Here, I am pushing it into some pine,

On the left is cut with the grain in pine stopped to show a curl or spill. On the right is cut against the [...]