Moisture Control - The Third Component of Strong Joinery
The rung and the tenon will take on moisture and expand within the joint and get even tighter. So that's the whole point..
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Mark Hicks
- Jul 30
- 7 min
Wood Movement And Grain Orientation - The Second Component of Strong Joinery
Experienced woodworkers know that achieving a sturdy joint hinges on understanding grain orientation and wood movement.
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Mark Hicks
- Jul 26
- 5 min
Straight Grain - The First Component of Strong Joinery
There are six components of making a strong joint. We're going to start with straight grain. And straight grain starts with choosing a log.
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Mark Hicks
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Fail to Succeed: My Flawed Sticking Board Journey
If you've ever tried planing moldings or non-flat shapes with hand tools, you know how frustrating it can be when your parts keep...
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Mark Hicks
- Jun 3
- 2 min
The 6 Components of Strong Joinery
Dowel joints are notorious for failing over time. What if you could learn techniques that virtually guarantee your joints will never fail?
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Mark Hicks
- May 30
- 3 min
Use A Marking Gauge For Layouts
OverTime 8.2 explores the precision and efficiency of using a marking gauge for layouts in your woodworking projects. Learn how to...
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Mark Hicks
- May 23
- 3 min
Design Without Dimensions: Making Adjustments With Whole Number Ratios
OverTime 8.1 explains how I used dividers and whole number ratios to design without dimensions and make adjustments on-the-fly.
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Mark Hicks
- May 17
- 4 min
Jack | Joint | Smooth: Plane To The Gauge Line
In the last installment of The Hand Tool Practice, I ended the session by ripping my two blanks apart. I still had trouble controlling...
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Mark Hicks
- May 3
- 3 min
Sawing Logs: How to mill logs to make chairs
In the fall of 2022, I was lucky enough to get to spend a couple of weeks in the Virginia shop of Jeff Lefkowitz. I was there to review...
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Mark Hicks
- Apr 26
- 5 min
Camber: Grind And Sharpen A Jack Plane Iron
In the last post I finished sharpening my rip saw and was finally able to get to work. And now that the stock is ripped into two lengths,...
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Mark Hicks
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Sharpen a Rip Saw: 2 | Stone and Saw
I ran out of time last week. The teeth are filed, but I'm not done sharpening. Stone the sides of the teeth This step removes any small...
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Mark Hicks
- Apr 12
- 4 min
Sharpen a Rip Saw: 1 | Joint and File
I learned saw sharpening from Mark Harrell. You may know him as the Founder of Bad Axe Tool Works. Not long ago, he handed that company...
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Mark Hicks
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Make a Simple Saw Vise
I could have made a saw vise out of angle iron and suede. I’ve got plenty of suede. But I don’t have any angle iron. And by the time I...
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Mark Hicks
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Get A Grip - Shape And Install New File Handles
Making stop cuts I'm going to be shaping these new file handles on the Shave Horse. One end will be free for shaping. I need to have...
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Mark Hicks
- Mar 23
- 2 min
True Face And True Edge Times Two
When you're truing up stock with hand tools, standard procedure is to true one of the wide faces. When that's done you can square and...
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Mark Hicks
- Mar 16
- 1 min
The Impatient Sawyer - Ripping Wood By Hand
There are times when 10 minutes feels like an eternity to me. Ripping wood by hand is one of those times.
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Mark Hicks
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Clean Stop-Cuts With A Spokeshave
Sometimes a part is too long for a full length cut. Sometimes you only want to make cuts in a small area. Whatever the reason, you'll...
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Mark Hicks
- Oct 6, 2023
- 2 min
The last 10%
We had a wonderful conversation with Jason Thigpen of Texas Heritage on the MWA Podcast this week. Have I ever mentioned that before?...
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Mark Hicks
- Sep 29, 2023
- 2 min
What does the Limiting Pin do?
One of the unique features of the Plate 11 Pin-Head Shave Horse is the "Pin-Head" that inspired it's name. The idea for this rolling...
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Mark Hicks
- Jun 23, 2023
- 3 min
New Video Series and New Classes, Two !
As always, let's start with a little vocabulary... What do we mean by Post and Rung? A Post and Rung chair, often referred to as a...
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