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  • 5 Top Tips for Hand Sanding - Tool Guide
    February 29, 2020

    5 Top Tips for Hand Sanding - Tool Guide

    Hand sanding; often a task which is extremely unpopular with woodworkers of every level, as if power sanding wasn’t arduous enough right? Some may ask why do we even need to hand sand when there are so many varieties of power sander to get the job done?
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  • Luban #1 Bronze Smoothing Plane - Tool Review
    August 22, 2019

    Luban #1 Bronze Smoothing Plane - Tool Review

    Tool Review #6: Luban #1 Bronze Smoothing Plane
    Personal Rating: 5/5
    Over and above being extremely cute and definite "Eye Candy" for hand tool enthusiasts, this beautifully made little smoothing plane from Luban is a sheer joy to use!
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  • Veritas Shooting Board Fence Kit - Tool Review
    August 12, 2019

    Veritas Shooting Board Fence Kit - Tool Review

    Over the years, I have built quite a few dedicated Shooting Boards. Some are for shooting 90º and others for dedicated angles or compound angles. The reasons for these shooting boards are multifold. For me, the runout on my compound mitre saw is just a touch too much and I try for extreme accuracy and crispness in my joinery.
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  • Crown Cryogenically Treated Woodturning Tools - Tool Guide
    November 27, 2018

    Crown Cryogenically Treated Woodturning Tools - Tool Guide

    Although my test is by no means scientific, I have turned all eight legs with this chisel without re-honing or sharpening and it is still cutting crisply! 

    I am extremely happy with the results and I will shortly invest in a Crown Cryogenically Treated Spindle Gouge and Roughing Gouge as well.

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  • Veritas Bar Gauge Head Kit - Tool Review
    November 11, 2018

    Veritas Bar Gauge Head Kit - Tool Review

    It goes without saying that squareness of a project assembly is critical to us as woodworkers. As soon as we assemble anything with four sides, we need to make 100% sure that the construction is square in relation to itself. It doesn't matter whether the assembly is rectangular or all of the sides are the same length, we need the corners to be at 90º to each other. 
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