This last weekend was a red-letter day for me, I upgraded to a cabinet saw! I’ve been looking to get a new saw for a while now. I looked at just about every saw out there. I knew I wanted a cabinet saw and at least a 3HP motor. I also wanted a useable blade [...]
These days it seems like everyone is coming out with a new Dovetail Saw. Now Rob Cosman – “The Dovetail Master” has thrown his hat into the ring. Spending a lot of money on a tool, that I can’t try out first can be a difficult decision. That’s why I was so lucky to have [...]
Today was spent tuning up my table saw and setting up my new miter gauge. My current miter gauge is an Osborne miter gauge, like the one Norm uses on his show. When I researched miter gauges, about 4 years ago, I settled on the Osborne. I knew little about what I wanted and needed, [...]
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 received the latest newsletter from Lie-Nielsen last night and they have a couple new tools that just came out. They aren’t new flashy planes but a couple of tools that are hard if not impossible to find these days. The first is a set Drawer Lock Chisels. These are very specialized chisels that I [...]
Let It Snow For the last week or so here in Western Washington we have been dealing with an unusual cold snap and early snowfall. Snow in Western Washington generally comes and goes in the same day, it doesn’t usually hang around very long. This year it came early and is staying around. We should [...]
After just posting the news about Lie-Nielsen working on some new hammers, I received a newsletter from Lie-Nielsen. They are now selling a new Panel Gauge. This is another tool I’ve been in the market for. I think it might be a late Christmas present for me. They have a few other new tools and DVDs, so [...]
For those of you that don’t follow the Lost Art Press blog, Christopher Schwarz just wrote about some new Warrington hammers Lie-Nielsen will be producing. Have a look at Chris’s post, it’s exciting news. I’ve been looking for some quality hammers, and I haven’t had the best luck finding them. On eBay, most are in pretty [...]
Is there something called Hand Tool Karma? I’ve been working on some Shaker Silverware Trays to give away for Christmas. My weekends have been busy lately and I haven’t had had much time to work on my project. I was going to use my new Veritas Plow Plane, to make the grove for the bottom [...]
This last weekend I was treated to the early delivery of a new plane I ordered. I have a couple projects coming up where I need to cut groves for the bottoms of drawers and the like. Wanting to do more with hand planes, I’ve been looking at Plow Planes. I looked at come “older” [...]
