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
May 303 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 233 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 174 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
Apr 265 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 192 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 124 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 43 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 283 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 232 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 161 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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