I’m one of those people that when I get stuck on something I just can’t move on. It bothers me that I can’t figure something out. So this weekend I will admit that I was more than ecstatic to finally get an end grain shaving like the one above. I’ve spent the better part of…

If not obvious – I’ve been having a sort of reconciliation around my thoughts on sharpening. Sharpening woodworking tools has always been something that I thought I just had to know how to do in order to do hand tool woodworking. That is – I had to know how to do it – I didn’t…

As I talked about before I invested in some Spyderco sharpening stones after reading Derek Cohen talk about them on this blog. To be perfectly honest, the idea of having something that doesn’t need to be replaced is top of mind for me. I don’t like buying disposable things (although I might have changed my…

As part of my project to build a holder for my router planes by hand I found myself in a position where I needed to plane some end grain. When doing that my normal go to is my low angle jack plane. I’ve used it with great success in the past on larger pieces but…

I mentioned in my last post about sharpening that I was revisiting my strategy. Namely I was looking to improve a process I hadn’t spent much time on at all. After much reading I came across Derek Cohen’s blogs and articles and started moving in that direction. I was so happy about finding his blog…

I’ve been continuing to work on the router plane storage but moving a little slower than I had been previously. Since I completed what I believe is the hardest part, the bit holder piece, Im starting to look into what else needs to be prototyped and designed before I can start thinking about layout. I…