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2019 Anarchist’s Gift Guide, Day 9: Wera Tool-Check PLUS –
I always include one tool in our gift guide that is a bit on the pricey side. This year it’s the Wera Tool-Check PLUS set, which is an incredibly well-made and handy set of sockets and drivers that will get you out of many jams. The tooling is high-quality stuff. But what is really remarkable …
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2019 Anarchist’s Gift Guide, Day 6: First Light Works Bevel Monkey –
Setting a sliding bevel to an exact degree is difficult with a plastic protractor. Depending on the design of the protractor, you usually have to first draw the line you want and then set the bevel to that. So there are two opportunities for error. Plus, setting a bevel to a fraction of a degree …
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Objects Made from the Nannau Oak –
Stirrup cup, © Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales In our forthcoming illustrated book, “Cadi & the Cursed Oak,” much of the plot centers on an acorn cup. Once there was a cup. But it was not an ordinary cup, for it was a silver cup with an oak sleeve turned in the shape of …
Our Christmas Gift to You: Practical Geometry –
Every year we try to offer our readers a little gift during the holidays. Last year was an mp3 of “The Irish Joiner,” before that was Henry Adams’ rare “Joints in Woodwork.” This year, we offer you lateness. John Hoffman and I have been working around the clock to build a new Lost Art Press …
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Sharpen This, Part 2: Hear No Evil –
Read the other installments in the “Sharpen This” series via this link. When you learn to sharpen, I think it’s essential to do something that is normally a bad idea: Close your mind. Let’s say you are 5 years old and starting school. The teacher says you need to learn to read, write and speak, …
Dancing a Fine Jig –
The following is excerpted from “The Intelligent Hand,” by David Binnington Savage. The book is a peek into a woodworking life that’s at a level that most of us can barely imagine. The customers are wealthy and eccentric. The designs have to leap off the page. And the craftsmanship has to be utterly, utterly flawless. …
A New Saw from a Familiar Face –
Here’s an interesting piece of news for those who might remember the early days of the internet. Pete Taran, one of the founders of Independence Tool, has begun making new dovetail saws again under the Ne Plus Ultra line. The Independence saws were the first premium saws on the market in the mid 1990s, well …