| | Thu Jan 30 06:00 PM | |  Back by popular demand! Learn how to get - and keep - your tools sharp in this limited-enrollment, hands-on class.
You'll practice on practice on chisels (supplied) and learn skills that can be applied to knives and other blades that can be sharpened with the same technique. Stop fighting your tools and enjoy working with them instead.
$25 of the $60 class fee will be refunded to...more.. | |
| Sat Feb 01 12:00 PM | | | Back by popular demand! Learn how to get - and keep - your tools sharp in this limited-enrollment, hands-on class.
You'll practice on practice on chisels (supplied) and learn skills that can be applied to knives and other blades that can be sharpened with the same technique. Stop fighting your tools and enjoy working with them instead.
$25 of the $60 class fee will be refunded to...more.. | |
| | | 12/04/2019 | |  It's been a year since we introduced the BT&C Planing stop . Two events prompted this blog entry. The first is that Popular Woodworking just put the planing stop in their Popular Woodworking 2019 Gift Guide . This is great, thank you very much. We really appreciate the notice. (And thanks as well to Fine Woodworking/Taunton Press for including the Planing Stop in their 2020 Tool Guide - Best...more.. | |
| 11/27/2019 | |  The bevel gauge is a simple little tool that enables me to avoid guesswork and get consistent angles on my chisels, plane blades and other tools. I typically eyeball almost everything I grind or sharpen. Most of the time I just want to maintain the angle I already have. But over time, it's easy for a bevel angle of a frequently-sharpened tool to creep up, or a new tool to start out with a...more.. | |
| 11/20/2019 | |  How you apply a wood finish can be as important as the finish itself. Although there are many other popular methods of applying finishes - rags, non-abrasive pads, etc. - many people prefer using a brush. When using a brush, the goal is avoiding brush marks, wasting too much finish, and getting a nice long stroke that doesn’t require you to dip the brush into the finish endlessly. The cost of...more.. | |
| | | 08/30/2018 | |  Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing.
This week’s selections focus on Medieval carpentry techniques. Hand tools indeed!
Early Medieval Timber Work
Medieval Carpentry - Building Without Nails...more.. | |
| 08/23/2018 | |  Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing.
This week’s selections focus on the ornate and exquisite furniture made by David Roentgen (1743-1807) -- and its secret compartments and ingenious portability.
The Roentgens' Berlin...more.. | |
| 08/16/2018 | |  Like most people, we spend lots of time (way too much time) surfing the web, entranced by various videos. In Video Roundup, we offer some videos from all over the world that we found especially intriguing.
This week’s selections focus traditional woodworking in Sweden - traditional axe making and the trifecta of clogs, spoons and chairs.
Traditional Swedish Woodworking: Clogs, Spoons and...more.. | |
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Greetings Workateers! Our fourth and final volume has come to a close and so has the Work Magazine...more.. | |
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The editions of Work mag we have here in the shop often have the ads removed but the last couple...more.. | |
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