I've been standing on top of my workbench again. Strangely I'm up there quite a lot. Sometimes I just lay on there... and think.I've been a long time obsessive of Japanese woodworking. I find it truly fascinating and have promised myself if I make it to retirement, I'll treat myself to a nice … [Read more...]
Bandsaw Alternative
Despite writing my sensual spiel about the whys of the bandsaw, I haven't actually used it since closing the workbench business. That's because I discovered the frame saw (that thing that the savages use).Prior to four months ago, the most experience I had with one of these savage implements … [Read more...]
Learning to Saw
Seeing all the variety of work that Richard does I had almost certainly overlooked the technicalities of simply sawing to a line. I've been pottering now and then as mentioned in my post earlier this year and I'd finally found the time this past weekend and persuaded Richard to put a bit of thought … [Read more...]
The Hardpoint Saw
Like any item designed to be used and then chucked, hardpoint saws are not the best type of tool to be promoting. But I did decide to use one throughout my workbench build. It was difficult to know what tooling to use in our video because I'm hoping that many people will want to watch and learn … [Read more...]