Matt | June 7, 2010
Today’s Try it Tuesday is the Lee Valley Handplane Screwdriver. Since the next few episodes will be continuing our discussion of hand planes, it only makes sense we need to cover some tools or accessories that go along with them. The Handplane Screwdriver is one such accessory. Unlike an ordinary screwdriver, the full length slot [...]
Matt | March 22, 2010
Today’s Try It Tuesday is a look at the Czeck Edge Ruler-Stop. A handy little tool that literally fits in the palm of your hand but still has the ability to do great big things. The Czeck Edge Ruler-Stop works much like a traditional square, but with one big exception…you’re not stuck with only using [...]
Matt | March 17, 2010
Continuing along with the discussion on block planes, today’s episode is an overview of some of the features I consider important in a block plane. Whether it’s the overall size of the body, the angle of the bed or something as simple as the feel of the front knob. Hopefully the things we talk about [...]
Matt | February 11, 2010
It’s only been a couple of weeks since the last post on the construction of the recent Child’s Dresser. As we move on with today’s episode, we continue working on the four legs. Taking the rough blanks and dimensioning them to their finished sizes and then cutting in grooves for the side panels and eventually [...]
Matt | January 28, 2010
Today’s episode we take a look at the Veritas plane a little bit closer. What’s so different about their planes vs the Stanley or Lie-Nielsen planes? Click to play Download Video File Download Audio File I do have one little request, or maybe two, if you don’t mind? Please take my new listener survey. If [...]
