The Broken Tradition

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Handcrafted Furniture and various wooden wares made in the Appalachian tradition

tools of the trade 10 Hand Planes

In most of my work the next step after the drawknife, is the hand plane. Why do we call them “hand planes” instead of just “planes”? NOT a planer! a plane. pet peeve: Ebay people; No! a plane with a wooden body is NOT a block plane! ALL block planes have iron bodies! you calling:…
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tools of the trade 09 Workbench

Working on the ground or floor is not comfortable for most of us, if you wish to work that way, find and follow someone who works in the Japanese tradition. (don’t leave me! but follow them also 😉 ) So the workbench was invented! A workbench is a sophisticated work holding device designed to hold…
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tools of the trade 08 knives

Sloyd knife, curved knife, mill knife, North American crooked knife, Twca Cam, marking knife, carving knife, all sorts of knives are available. We all need a knife at some point in our work. the main thing about knives is keeping them SHARP!! my favorite for carving and having “at hand” to use is currently the mill…
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