The Small Workshop (Page 7)
The bridle joint guides are optional, but are simple to make. Despite that I managed to balls up the first set – the errors at least meant I learned how they worked and the second set were done much quicker as a result.
There are plenty of details on the guides in the Richard Maguire video...
The bridle joint guides are optional, but are simple to make. Despite that I managed to balls up the first...
The two cross rails are held by a halving joint. Luckily this does not have to be super precise since a small amount of wiggle room is needed to allow the top to expand and contract (one of my saw cuts was a bit wonky, which should cover it!)
The other job was to taper...
The two cross rails are held by a halving joint. Luckily this does not have to be super precise since...
The time has come to try and make an actual bit of furniture using hand tools. I am attempting a suitably straightforward piece given my inexperience (a side table) and will be ably assisted by Richard Maquire, albeit virtually:
Side Table - learn to build by hand - Woodworking ProjectsSide Table - learn to build...
The time has come to try and make an actual bit of furniture using hand tools. I am attempting a...
The first post on a new topic, the Piaggio Ape.
Ape TM owners, spare parts and service manuals, + a couple of manuals for other
models. I’ll add more as I find them.
Ape TM
APE TM (Petrol, Diesel) – Owners Manual (2012, English)
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6WZBFt_kvKT3dUWU9DVkZrTzg/view?usp=sharing&...
The first post on a new topic, the Piaggio Ape.
Ape TM owners, spare parts and service manuals, + a couple...
I got hold of a sorry looking example of this North Bros bench drill – it was very rusted and all of the moving parts were seized.
Adjustable table
Having removed and cleaned up the table I found the hand wheel only turned a couple of degrees in either direction before becoming stuck. The grub screw...
I got hold of a sorry looking example of this North Bros bench drill – it was very rusted and all...
So far as I can discover the Ward & Payne Aristocrat chisel is the only chisel ever to have been granted a Design Award. The Council of Industrial Design (CoID) granted the award in 1959.
Design Awards
The CoID was set up by the British Government as part of its plan for post-war reconstruction. In...
So far as I can discover the Ward & Payne Aristocrat chisel is the only chisel ever to have been...
What is a firmer chisel?
Nowadays when we talk about firmer chisels we tend to think of a fairly stout chisel with parallel sides:
.. but in the past the term ‘firmer’ had a broader meaning, covering a wide range of general purpose chisels.
It is not clear why the term ‘firmer’ came to be used...
What is a firmer chisel?
Nowadays when we talk about firmer chisels we tend to think of a fairly stout...
We are all familiar with chisels: simple tools made from a long piece of steel
with a bevelled cutting edge and a handle which is struck or pushed in order to
cut or shape wood, stone or metal. Is there much more to say on the matter? Of
course there is! Take for example this...
We are all familiar with chisels: simple tools made from a long piece of steel
with a bevelled cutting edge...
Following the last few posts on the history of the quick release vice covering the major developments in the UK over the past 100 years or so, the Twenty Century Vice deserves an honourable mention, if only for its memorable face design
The main aspects of this unusual vice’s history were uncovered by a...
Following the last few posts on the history of the quick release vice covering the major developments in the UK...
Record 52 ½ vices have been an essential tool for woodworkers all over the world for more than a century. They have arguably never been bettered in design nor quality - you can read about their long history below.
The first model (1910)
C&J Hampton registered the ‘record’ trademark in 1909. Trade listings from...
Record 52 ½ vices have been an essential tool for woodworkers all over the world for more than a century. They...