Sharpening the skewed blade on the Lowfat Roubo Cutting gauge
One of the things that held me back from producing a cutting blade version of my marking gauges was finding a suitable blade. I’m not a blade maker for a …
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Five day saw sharpening seminar
As you might expect we’ve had a fair amount of interest in running this course, in fact some folk have been asking for it for a couple of years now. …
New Classes for 2019 – part 1
A few years ago I had the good fortune to work with some of the most inspirational and knowledgeable woodworking instructors you’re ever likely to meet. At times it was …
Circumstance, opportunity and other FAQs
I often wonder if choosing such an obscure name for my business was such a great idea. To the uninitiated it doesn’t smack of anything to do with furniture making, …
I know a chihuahua when I see one
After a couple of glorious weeks away with friends and family spent below the radar this blog post is about piece of furniture I came across in a sale about …
Best laid plans and all that
Boarded Tool ChestThis years teaching schedule has been a little crazy at times despite my intention in 2017 to slow things down during 2018 so that I might spend a …
Campaign chest one careful owner
Brass bound pieces like this chest of drawers are either referred to as military or campaign furniture and were the state of the art camping equipment from the mid 18th …
In praise of low tech hardware and peonies
When you don’t have access to screws and hardware let alone the resources to make them, you seek alternatives. That was just one of the features that drew me towards …
Engineering in wood
In May this year at LDE the school invited all the students joining us in September to take part in a series of transition workshops. The classes are an opportunity …
Three degrees of separation
Handtool work is a bitter sweet pill for me as it includes the things I like and dislike the most about the craft; making things blunt and making things sharp. …