Thanks to a change in my son’s basketball schedule, I will be back at the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event hosted by ShackletonThomas in Bridgewater, VT this Saturday. Please note that while I will ...
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More years ago than I’d dare admit to, I picked up a copy of Wallace Nutting’s Furniture Treasury at an estate sale and began leafing through it. I had never heard of him, but a quick peek a...
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Bob Van Dyke runs a great woodworking school over in Manchester, CT, and has been hosting an open house event for nearly twenty years. Since Bob has personally guaranteed the weather for the week...
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The Lie-Nielsen Open House kicks off in two weeks, and as a hand tool lover I can’t imagine another place I’d rather be for the weekend. Nearly thirty top tool makers and woodworkers from acr...
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While I ship to dozens of countries, postage costs can often approach or exceed the purchase cost on many of my items. Australian customers now have another option for buying my saw parts – Th...
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As I have previously mentioned in this space, I am teaching saw sharpening at a Lie-Nielsen workshop in June. As part of my preparation for doing so, I have put together a few pages of notes on h...
There are still spots left in June’s saw sharpening class at Lie-Nielsen. If you’ve been thinking of attending, now is the time to register! Over the course of two days, we will cover the...
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When I built my first rebate-saw plane, I had no intention of making and selling the hardware kits, but was merely trying to work out an easy to use locking and adjusting mechanism that was simpl...
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Last year’s class was so much fun that I was delighted to be invited back to teach saw sharpening again this year at Lie-Nielsen’s beautiful headquarters in Warren, ME. If you’ve ever wante...
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2017 has been an interesting year here. A significant uptick in orders, along with several family matters, has had me scrambling to keep up with orders. To all of you who patiently waited for me ...