The Broken Tradition

The Broken Tradition

my musings on woodworking and other things I do.

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  • Still life with screws

    Still life with screws

    kaisaerpren

    July 13, 2022
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  • Dovetail Plane

    Dovetail Plane

    Many years ago, when the world was young and rocks were soft, I started making a dovetail plane. For those of you who don’t know what that is… It’s a molding plane with a simple angle for the sole, used to facilitate the making of sliding dovetails. Thus the sole is made at the angle […]

    kaisaerpren

    July 13, 2022
    Uncategorized
    making tools, tools
  • Inshave, Scorp, Box Scraper, and I’m not going to make any friends with this post.

    Inshave, Scorp, Box Scraper, and I’m not going to make any friends with this post.

    I get rather shirty over the whole inshave/scorp thing. I shouldn’t but there it is. I was taught that an inshave has two handles and a scorp has one. I don’t mind people mixing Them up. Their jobs are interchangeable so If someone mixes the names up it’s ok with me. It’s the damn Box […]

    kaisaerpren

    May 14, 2022
    tools
    boxscraper, chairmaking, cooperage, inshave, scorp
  • Broom Cord Reels

    Broom Cord Reels

    be well go make something

    kaisaerpren

    May 14, 2022
    tools
    broom, tools
  • Periwinkle

    The periwinkle keeps trying to take over the yard. Look great in the spring. But it’s straggly looking the rest of the year Be Well Go make something

    kaisaerpren

    May 3, 2022
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  • Picture This

    So I made this thing… To take pictures of things to sell here in my shop. But it’s like 3′ tall! And I have no idea of where I’m going to store it! Be Well Go make something

    kaisaerpren

    April 30, 2022
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  • NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, SAME OLD ME

    So, I’m mucking aboot wit this web page to add the ability to sell the things I make for craft shows, here on-line. I Was trying to add sales to the setup I had. But that turns out to be a non-starter since my template was ancient and couldn’t support adding a sales component. As […]

    kaisaerpren

    April 20, 2022
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  • Any Quilters or relatives who quilt out there?

    a couple of drawings of antique quilting frames so that you (or I) can reproduce them the upper one has the cogs carved into the poles, the lower one has and interesting sort of French provincial style to the legs. be well

    kaisaerpren

    March 31, 2022
    Uncategorized
    plans, reproductions
  • What exactly do I do?

    That there is a huge question! I offer the service of having you help me to design the furniture that you want in your home. Then I build it for you. That is… you and I collaborate on creating a design that is unique to you. Then I build it! sounds simple, is simple. but […]

    kaisaerpren

    March 3, 2022
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  • Structures:

    I once read advice about building a workbench that said something like: Always use superior materials for building your workbench, but in the absence of superior materials, use superior construction. They then went on to outline what they meant. This Philosophy seems to be appropriate for most work. houses, looms, anything… use big beams and […]

    kaisaerpren

    March 3, 2022
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