Tag Archives: hand plane

You know what sucks?

Posted on March 3, 2013 by yaakov

I frequently find myself telling people that I pretty much have every piece of equipment that a woodworker could want. Of course, you can never REALLY have enough tools. And if you believe you do have everything you need, or … Continue reading →

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Standing idea

Posted on June 12, 2012 by yaakov

I have had pieces in gallery shows for the past couple of months, and at one of the galleries, they requested stands to put the pieces on. I didn’t have any stands or pedestals to offer, so I decided that … Continue reading →

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Rescue plane

Posted on June 6, 2012 by yaakov

Here’s the situation; I was 300 hundred feet deep, surrounded by sharks, and dangerously low on air! ….. Wait a minute…. ohhh, sorry, wrong story. My bad. I had been given an old desk in order to save the lumber … Continue reading →

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Readers to the rescue

Posted on March 13, 2012 by yaakov

One of the best things about being a blogger is the friends you make in the blog-o-sphere. You get to chat with people from around the world, and you might gain new local friends too. And best of all, these … Continue reading →

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Exercise two ways

Posted on March 5, 2012 by yaakov

Walking is good exercise, and thus a good exercise is walking, so can I infer that making a walking stick by hand is a good woodworking exercise? Well, I guess that is not a good inference. But here is what … Continue reading →

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Just milling around

Posted on February 3, 2012 by yaakov

For some unknown reason, my favorite part of a furniture project is the milling. For those of you not in “the know,” milling is the process of cutting down your rough stock lumber into the approximate sized pieces for your … Continue reading →

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Getting ready

Posted on January 16, 2012 by yaakov

First, let me say “sorry” to my fellow bloggers and my subscribers for my absence.  Frankly, I have been worn out and I needed a break from a number of things, but now I am back. I have two interesting commissions … Continue reading →

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Ode to my Plane

Posted on November 18, 2011 by yaakov

Note: Best read with the voice of Comic Book guy from the Simpsons. As I near the end of the construction phase of the red oak bed, I have been busy preparing the parts for assembly. And therefore, I have been … Continue reading →

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Further down the rabbit hole

Posted on November 10, 2011 by yaakov

I have been falling deeper into the hand tool habit. For the past couple of weeks I have trying hard to get time to work on a twin sized bed made of red oak. You’d think with my limited time … Continue reading →

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Of Tallow and Tools

Posted on September 4, 2011 by yaakov

I had some free time today while I was waiting for shellac to dry on the portal Aron Kodesh I have been making, so I used this time to get “old school!” Roy Underhill from “The Woodwright Shop” did a … Continue reading →

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