Tool Review #002: Veritas Tools Wheel Marking Gauges
Veritas Tools is the manufacturing arm of Lee Valley in Canada and has garnered a world renowned reputation over nearly 40 years for designing and manufacturing superb woodworking tools.
The Veritas Wheel Marking Gauges are no exception.
Product Range Review #001: Ehoma Parallel Jaw Clamps
Ehoma is based in Taiwan and is gaining an enviable reputation for the design and quality of their range of woodworking clamps.
With Parallel Jaw Clamps fast becoming the norm for woodworkers worldwide, Ehoma has stepped in with a wide range of excellent products.
It's hot here in Swellendam, really hot...39º! My maple trees are happy and in full foliage, their exquisite colours defy description and in my limited spare time I am creating three grandfather clocks for clients. This article will be the...
The Japanese Pull Style Saw or Nokogiri, has in the past twenty to thirty years become an accepted and extremely popular hand tool in Western Woodworking.
Generally, novices find it much easier to learn to cut cleanly, straight and quickly with Japanese saws than Western Saws.
Over the past thirty or so years, there has been a burgeoning interest in Japanese woodworking tools and methods by Western woodworkers.
We are attracted to these tools for a myriad of reasons. For some, it is the attraction of the philosophy and tradition of the Japanese woodworker or the technical aspects and quality of the tools, for others it is the romanticism of the eons old history of the Japanese sword and blade makers...
Having dealt with squares last week, I thought that following up with Scantillions would be the next logical step.
"Scantillion" is the original English name for a Marking Gauge and the name dates back to at least to the 14th century!
What woodworking tool has a more wondrous name that the Scantillion?
