The Inquisitive Woodworker

Some of the nicer newer planes made by Lie-Nielsen and Veritas are made from Ductile Iron.  They say Ductile Iron is much stronger, and can withstand a drop to a concrete floor without major damage.  The problem is I would never want to test that claim!  Well leave it to Chris Schwarz to take a [...]

I needed a break from all of the dovetailing I’ve been doing and practicing.  I thought I would start on the Baby Bench I talked about a little while ago. Over the past couple of weekends I started to work on the bench.  I’m using whatever wood I had in my woodpile.  The top is [...]