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Essential Tools (for Me), Part 3: Spoon-Making Tools
Because spoon making has been such a big part of my woodworking, I think it’s appropriate that I write my 350th blog post about the tools I use to make spoons, spatulas, and other wooden utensils. These are by far … Continue reading
Posted in Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged card scraper, carving gouge, coping saw, draw knife, drawknife, gouge, Heritage School of Woodworking, Homestead Heritage, Paul Sellers, Pfeil, spofford brace, spoke shave, spokeshave, spoon carving, spoon making, wooden spoon, wooden spoons
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Beautiful Waste
I’ve been making a lot of shavings lately, and when working with hand tools, I find that sometimes the waste products are just as pretty as the finished products. A chaotic pile of pecan shavings becomes a collage of curly … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged beautiful, beauty, drawknife, garbage, shavings, spokeshave, throw away, trash, waste
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A Little Dogwood
A friend of mine contacted me a couple days ago asking if I could help him take down some dead and dying trees that were leaning up against his house (and providing bugs with a convenient entry point). So I … Continue reading
Spoon Carving Process Pictures
The other day, a friend of mine came over to take some pictures of me at work on a wooden spoon. (The pictures are for an article forthcoming in Woodworker’s Journal, but more on that another time.) Here are a … Continue reading
Posted in Woodenware
Tagged carve a wooden spoon, drawknife, make a wooden spoon, spokeshave, wooden spoon
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Woodworking in America 2013: Highlights
My wife and I spent the last two days at the Woodworking in America convention in the Cincinnati area. Here are some of my highlights. Peter Follansbee gave a fun, engaging demonstration of Sloyd spoon carving. In his characteristic … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Reviews
Tagged backsaw, blackburn tools, Chris Schwarz, drawknife, Lee Valley, Lie Nielsen, Megan Fitzpatrick, mortise chisel, peter follansbee, Peter Ross, plow plane, spoon carving, WIA, WIA Marketplace, woodworking conference, woodworking convention, Woodworking in America
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Resolution: To Become More Efficient
This year I want to work more efficiently with my hand tools. That doesn’t necessarily mean I want to work faster, but I do want to make better use of my time at the workbench. I do want to work … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged discipline, drawknife, efficiency, jack plane, new year resolution, organization, resolution
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Making a Blade Guard for a Drawknife
Not long ago, I picked up a 10″ curved drawknife (made by A. W. Crossman) at an antique shop. It still had an edge on it, so I scraped off the surface rust and honed the edge. I wish all … Continue reading
Almonzo’s Shaving Horse
Not long ago, I ran across this passage from chapter 5 of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1933 book Farmer Boy. The book follows a young boy named Almonzo through a year on his family’s farm. On his birthday, he watches his … Continue reading
How I Sharpen a Drawknife
Drawknives are a challenge to sharpen because the handles invariably get in the way. Many woodworkers have found ingenious ways around this, but as with so many techniques in woodworking, there’s no one “right way” to sharpen a drawknife, though … Continue reading
Posted in Tutorials, Wood and Woodwork
Tagged drawknife, drawknife sharpening, sharpen a drawknife
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