The hardest part of a workshop with no power tools: resawing. I’m not very good at holding my line, but getting better with time. Also, good exercise. #Woodworking #handtools
#handtools
Starting a new project: a cabinet with sliding doors in (more or less) mid-century style. Spent several hours with a bunch of cherry deciding what would be used where. #WoodWorking #HandTools
Latest finished project. #woodworking #handtools
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Finally managed to get to a #FleaMarket this workend. Not a bad haul for 7€ …
I would like to know absolutely everything there possibly is to know about what this is:
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/burton/p0203.jpg
http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/perl/gi-ca-qmakedeta.pl?sid=49.184.152.62-1748910076&qno=1&dfnam=106a-p0203
And because the best way to get answers is to post the wrong thing I'm going to assert what I think and that is that it's a spade.
#archeology #Egyptology #tutankhamun #shabti #ushabti #woodworking #gardening #handtools
Why use modern tools when vintage tools are more fun?
Had a blast boring out this key hole. Took no time at all!
What I especially like, more than the products (ladders, rakes, barrels, etc), per se, is watching the process and the various tools used along the way. I’ve become pretty familiar with old tools and what fields they are typically used in (a lot of overlap), but how and when is another thing, and these docs show it. Also, these guys are mostly not young, or don’t look it.
I think this is the series, or will get you there…
New content from The Woodworking Shed! 🪚
This week I'm getting started with the new storage shed project!
The saw is out and the hammer is flying...
Don't miss it 👇
#woodworking #diy #shed #handtools
https://thewoodworkingshed.substack.com/p/first-cuts-kicking-off-the-storage?r=g6si0
Weekend project: a yarn bowl for my wife’s knitting (Mother’s Day present with a little help from my oldest).
Made from an IKEA bamboo salad bowl, curl cut with a coping saw, smoothed with files and finished with homemade paste wax.
Holding this in the vice was kind of a challenge 😅
Broke out The Woodworking Shed sharpening system for the first time!
A little nervous honing the edge on a brand new chisel, having never sharpened a tool before! But it turned out pretty well.
I got a burr, a shiny finished, and it cuts effortlessly!
New content from The Woodworking Shed! 🪚
This week, I'm diving deep into sharpening systems, the final piece for my beginner's woodworking toolkit!
Don't miss it 👇
https://thewoodworkingshed.substack.com/p/sharpening-the-secret-to-perfect-cuts?r=g6si0
Spotted these on Vinted for £8 so picked them up!
I don't think the brace will be much good but I'm hoping the auger bits can be cleaned up nicely!
Bad buy or have I saved myself a small fortune?
Quick restoration: and old beaten chisel for my wife to use in her sewing (for cutting button holes)
De-rusted and sharpened, I might make it a new handle (maybe London pattern).
I'm set to inherit some planes!
These are the only photos I have right now, but I'm curious if anyone can help me understand what I have here!
I'll be attempting to restore them in the future!
I'm so excited to finally own bench planes!
I have a No.3 and a No.5 to get me started and take some shavings.
Which planes did you get first and why?
New content from The Woodworking Shed! 🪚
This week I'm finally adding bench planes to my woodworking toolbox!
It's been a heck of a journey...
Check it out 👇
#woodworking #diy #handtools
https://thewoodworkingshed.substack.com/p/buying-bench-planes?r=g6si0
Never heard of the mark Morin before. Quite a departure from other plane designs I’ve seen, too. Almost art deco. Wish they had taken those shavings out for the photos.
Since I had my rasps out for the handle work, I decided to brush down my collected set. Hasn’t been done yet for most.
Except for two, they’re all used, but still cut viciously. I might give them a citric soak later for total de-orangeing, but a brass brush works good for now.
These are accumulated from flea market buys. I never specifically looked for rasps; they came with other tools in bunches.
As with all my tools, I need to make a storing case to keep them off each other.
I see these shoemaker hammers for sale all the time, dirt cheap. I’ve avoided buying one to restore. I figured it was for shoe nailing, which I’ll likely never do. But he uses a particular style for punching leather (first at 2:00), and that I will do. Ergo, I’m getting one of these.
He also uses the same hammer, other side, to shape his saddle needles (14:20), among other shoe hammering tasks.
So the hand scythe I spoke of, one of the garden tools left in the house, was in worse shape than remembered from spying it months ago. A proper cool weather system has blown in with rain, so I should get this half straightened out. I’ll be needing it. Will also have to train the right hand in using it.
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