433 Jack Planes – The Rough Ones

Matt | June 9, 2010

Finally returning to our discussion on hand planes we pick back up by talking about the roughest planes on the bench. The Jack Planes! This class of bench plane falls between the large jointers and the smaller smoothers, but they’re the perfect size for doing rough work without wearing out the user.
In the [...]

432 Handplane Screwdriver

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 [...]

428 Shop Safety Checklist by WOOD Magazine

Matt | May 12, 2010

We’re close to wrapping up SAFETY WEEK 2010 and I stumbled across a great article at WOOD Magazine’s website. Not one to let a good thing slide by, I asked the folks at WOOD for permission to share it with all of you. Thankfully they said yes!
Today’s episode is based on the 12 [...]

420 Czeck Edge Ruler-Stop

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 [...]

419 Maple Child’s Dresser Pt.5

Matt | March 18, 2010

Today’s episode is the 5th part of the series on the Child’s dresser. We’ve jumped ahead a little bit as in real time I started to fall behind so I did some assembly work with the camera off. I’m trying to document as much as I can on these projects, but occasionally things [...]