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The Myth about Hand Tools

The Myth about Hand Tools is,

Hand tools are slower, more primitive, clumsy tools that only mad skilled woodworkers who prefer to dress in renaissance festival clothing can master.

This tool, more, I think, than any other, created this myth.

The Low-Angle, Bevel-Up, Block Plane.

Here is the common, yet before this, [...]

Outdoor Workbench part 3, Tools Needed

The first tool I show on the bottom right, is an open ended wrench.  the closed end can be ratcheting, but a good open end wrench will last a very long time.  A small set of the basic wrenches can be gotten for about $20, and is a must have tool set.  Probably [...]

Outdoor Workbench part 2, Details

This is continued from the original post

First a few more details on the table,

The bottom most part of this table is ground contact treated 4×4.

Big holes are drilled halfway up through the base for the bolts to fit.  Smaller holes are drilled through so that the holes shown above allow [...]

Outdoor Cedar Workbench

I have a fun idea!  I want an outdoor workbench.   I like to work outside when I can.

So here it is:

The vise is one that clamps onto the bench,  so it can be put up.   Hopefully the rest of the table will take the wear and tear of outdoor  living [...]

Toolmaking Resources VI; Rob Hanson's Evenfall Woodworks

Rob Hanson, Evenfall has been kind enough to all of us to provide a large collection of books, resources and his own observations.  His website is a delight.  His Library of online books is also quite amazing.   Evenfall is a regular contributor on the WoodNet Handtools Forum.   His responses to questions there, are often [...]