Musician and Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker
Posted in Tools on Aug 25th, 2009
A few years ago I learned that a sloyd knife was named after the Slöjd method of teaching woodworking.
There are many handbooks covering the basics of choosing and using woodworking hand tools. The variety of tools, methodology and illustration is almost always fascinating and colored by the era in which the book was written.
I find [...]
I had a great time at Dulcimer Week 2009, a wonderful festival organized and produced by the lovely and talented Lois Hornbostel.
One evening I performed a set of three songs. I decided to “clear the palate” between two somewhat serious songs with something “a little lighter.”
The song in question was “Shame And Scandal In The [...]
I should have taken a before picture!
This is the woodworker’s equivalent of biking to work!
A year or so ago I found a very nice type 11 #7 plane at a local antique mall for a reasonable price.
Unfortunately the sole of the plane had a bit if a warp and twist. It worked well enough for roughing stock to dimension but try as I might I could not get this [...]
I once came home from an auction with a two-person crosscut saw.
I knew I had a tool problem.
I will never have a need for this saw but it was only $15.00 and it fit in the back of the car!
Having a small shop with limited space and only so much money to spend on tools [...]