This month my focus is on Lie-Nielsen’s No. 5 Jack Plane. As the frequent readers of this Blog likely already know, the “bench” planes start at the No. 1 (incredibly small) and sequentially work up to the No. 8, which is the jointer and the largest in the group. As you can readily tell by […]
CLICK HERE to see Part I of Terry Chapman’s visit to The Woodwright’s School. And then on the second day, we all came back and started again. We were still working on the camellia blossom in low relief and trying to make that look as good as we could. What I found out was that […]
We are excited to announce the winners of our 2013 Jig Contest! First place went to Danny Hellyar for his innovative Sliding Board Jack, which allows Danny to hold stock securely onto the front of his workbench for working with a saw, hand plane or other hand tools. See below for a few pictures of […]
The whole table is now together as it will be. Time to start the final prep, add some inlay, and then we can finish. Still a lot left, but the construction is done. During the building process, the top has continued to move as wood tends to do. So, I need to go over it […]
We are excited to announce that Episode 5 of The Highland Woodworker is out! And while we may not have quite the same good vs. evil drama of another Episode V we could mention, we think you’ll still really enjoy it. Take a closer look at the happenings at Highland’s Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool event, including […]
It seems like Terry Chapman gets to take all of the cool woodworking classes. From his week-long chair building class with Peter Galbert a few years ago to his latest visit to Roy Underhill’s Woodwright’s School to carve with Mary May – Terry is certainly learning from some of the best! This month in The […]
The six-foot stretcher has a tenon at each end that fits into a mortise in the leg. At the bottom of the tenon is a half-dovetail that fits a matching recess in the mortise (push into the mortise, then push down). The stretcher then “locks” in with a half-dovetail pin at the top – making […]