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  • December 15, 2018

    Hide Glue - Part #2: Working with Hide Glue Granules

    Working with traditional animal glue is an extremely simple operation. Don't overthink the process and you will be fine!

    For daily use in my workshop, I rely on a cheap thermostatically controlled baby bottle warmer from Clicks and a glass jar which fits inside allowing a small space around the jar for the water.

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  • Moxon Vises - What's the Fuss All About?
    May 24, 2018

    Moxon Vises - What's the Fuss All About?

    When doing hand cut joinery such as dovetails, we need a way of holding the boards vertically, to enable us to saw the pins and tails. We also need to get the exact area of the wood we are working on, at exactly the right height, to enable us to work comfortably and accurately.....
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  • The Humble Turnscrew........
    April 23, 2018

    The Humble Turnscrew........

    What in the world is a "Turnscrew" and why would I be lost without mine?

    Delving into the histories and mysteries of woodworking tools is truly a lot of fun and surprisingly fascinating!

    We need to go back a little in time, to around the mid to late 15th century, somewhere in middle Europe to begin our mini voyage of discovery.

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  • Laying Out A Hand Tool Workshop Area
    April 9, 2018

    Laying Out A Hand Tool Workshop Area

    The intention in sharing my bench room layout & equipment choices with you, is to hopefully help and guide you against making the very many expensive mistakes and bad equipment choices that I have made over some 40+ years of woodworking on a budget. It also comes from my own yearning over the years to see what other woodworkers use, how they lay things out, how they approach problems, what works for them and what doesn't.
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  • Joining Wood #1: On Edge - Don't Be Scared!
    March 26, 2018

    Joining Wood #1: On Edge - Don't Be Scared!

    This week I thought that I would begin to delve into the mysteries of joining bits of wood together. Joinery is something, we as woodworkers all do, from the very simple to the delightfully complicated!

    In this blog I will concentrate on joining narrow boards together to make a wider board. The days of sourcing wonderful wide boards are unfortunately now part of history and when you do come across a board of 400mm or wider, you need to sell a kidney to afford one, let alone afford enough lumber for an entire project!

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  • Workbenches - Requirements and Refinements
    March 11, 2018

    Workbenches - Requirements and Refinements

    Man is a tool-using animal... Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. Thomas Carlyle 1795 - 1881 This week's Blog is my attempt to demystify the humble workbench.  No matter what type of woodworking we do, we all...

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  • Hand Tools - A very good place to start
    March 8, 2018

    Hand Tools - A very good place to start

    Thinking that a specific tool or machine will change your life is not entirely without merit. A simple example would be buying a decent bandsaw with a good range of quality blades and learning to setup it up and use it well, this will change your life!
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