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 …
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. …