The Lie-Nielsen #103 Standard-Angle Block Plane is the brother to the #102 Low-Angle Block Plane. The #103 plane has the iron bedded at 20 degrees, which along with the 25-degree bevel that comes on the iron, presents a 45-degree cutting angle to the wood (being a bevel-up plane). For those who aren’t hand-tool aficionados, this is the same cutting […]
This all new episode of The Highland Woodworker is now available for you to view! In this episode, our host Charles Brock takes a look at an iconic woodturning family, the Moulthrops. This three-generation family of woodturners will amaze and inspire you. We’ve also got a great tour of President Jimmy Carter’s collection of Maloof […]
In this month’s issue of The Highland Woodturner, Leslie Struthers tells the hilarious and all-too-familiar tale of working with temperamental tools. Ok – it’s Sunday afternoon – my chores are done, time to tackle sawing logs for natural edge bowl blanks. Add gas. Add bar oil. Set the choke to full. Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! Pull…! […]
I had a recent post about using the Festool Domino as an alignment tool when edge-gluing boards. Here’s another shot of how I use it – this time adding a narrow 2″ border piece. The long grain edge joint doesn’t need any additional strength, but the dominoes help keep everything aligned as I put on […]
By his own admission a ‘power tool junkie’, this month our Down to Earth Woodworker waxes poetic about one of the things he loves about woodworking – the opportunity to decide between many options along the way: Choices are one of the most alluring aspects of woodworking. Highways or byways. The journey, the side trips, […]
Take a look at the latest issue of The Highland Woodturner! This month we’ve got a great new column by Curtis Turner on turning a tool handle – a great find for anyone who collects older tools or if you just would like a better fitting handle on a tool you use frequently. We also […]
