The time required to do something right... This morning I picked up the checkerboard mitre-jack that sits in the foreground on...
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John Jennion Plane
My friend Ted Dawson let me be the custodian of this plane for a while... Part of the days “horse trading” involved me providing...
Handled Brazilian Rosewood Plow Plane
Canadians made some good things... Handled Brazilian Rosewood Plow plane with Turkish Boxwood screw-arms and nuts. Alexander...
Just an Olde Square
A dollar well-spent... 150 years ago this carpenters square was a tool that most tradesmen would know how to use... in my...
Old Shurly Dietrich Cross Cut with Etch
When it comes to being mildly abrasive... I’m as good as the next guy... I’ve just finished working on this century-old Shurly...
Starrett Trammel Points from AVRO
Normally you don’t get too freaked out about a set of relatively modern Starrett Trammel Points... except when they have an AVRO...
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