In addition to the recent series of blog posts that I did on restoring an in-cannel gouge, I also made a video of the process ..read more

Due to the limitations of recording the last podcast on my phone – the recording app has a time limit, and I talk too much – I wasn't really able to go into a lot of detail about my reasons for ending the podcast and what the plans are for the future. I'm sorry for that. But I'm hoping that this post will shed some light on some of the questions you might have after listening to the last episode ..read more

This will be the last episode of the podcast. On today’s show, I discuss securing glass in a door frame, and troubleshooting a shooting board ..read more

The final step in putting our vintage in-cannel gouge back to work is to re-grind and hone the bevel and back of the cutting edge ..read more

On today’s show, I discuss setting up a cabinet scraper, sapwood vs. heartwood, attaching handles to thin case sides, slop in bench plane adjusters, and learning from poor furniture designs ..read more

I'm going to be restoring a 19th century in-cannel gouge to working order. So the first step is obviously to obtain a gouge ..read more

I find these tools extremely useful in the work that I do and I think it's really unfortunate that more people don't use them ..read more

On today’s show, I discuss how oversized to rough mill your stock, making curved moldings, and lathes and turning for furniture ..read more

In this video, I discuss reference faces and edges, combination planes, dado planes, and rabbet planes ..read more

It is often said that the true mark of a master is that they can repair and hide their mistakes in such a way that they are invisible to the observer. I tend to disagree with this clich ..read more