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Lightening the workshop has been long overdue and I decided it was time to sell off the tools I do not need. The clutter had slowly built up over the years and I reached the point where I only wanted the essentials. I also let go of a large amount of timber that looks impressive but is not friendly to hand tools. American ash, red oak and similar species look beautiful in fin...
You do not have to look far to see how ridiculous timber prices have become. What used to be an affordable hobby is now something you really have to think twice about. For hobby woodworkers like you and soon myself to be, the cost of a few decent boards can easily rival the price of a good hand plane. It makes you stop and plan every project carefully because waste just is no...
When the early settlers came from Europe, they brought with them a mindset shaped by scarcity. Europe had already been stripped bare of much of its ancient forests. Centuries of shipbuilding, heating, and farming had cleared vast stretches of oak, elm, and yew. By the time they crossed the oceans, the old growth that once blanketed Europe was mostly gone.
Arriving i...
Modern day tool makers mainly concentrate on hobbyists with very little knowledge about the craft. That’s not an insult, it’s just the truth of where the market has gone. Most modern plane buyers are not tradesmen or full-time users. They’re enthusiasts who might use a plane once or twice a week, and that’s perfectly fine. But tool makers design around that group, not around ...
The Roubo frame saw is one of those tools that reminds you how clever old designs really were. It’s a large hand-powered saw built for resawing timber, long before bandsaws and table saws were ever thought of. The name comes from André-Jacob Roubo, an 18th-century French cabinetmaker who wrote about it in his book L’Art du Menuisier.
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