Monthly Archives: August 2010

James Krenov’s Fine Woodworking Program at the College of the Redwoods here in Fort Bragg, California, has an almost 30-year tradition of Friday evening get-togethers known as Elephants. The weekly gathering of students, faculty, staff, families thereof, friends, neighbors, former … Continue reading →

I enjoyed the recent dialogue about bevel-up and bevel-down planes, their respective wear bevels and such that, I believe, started here. It was an excellent exploration of the basic issues pertaining to how planes actually work. While I don’t advocate … Continue reading →

Another lazy man’s blog post today. My friend Joel of Tools for Working Wood recently wrote about his method for determining if a blade is sharp. I am trying, with this blog, to add or highlight information about sharpening that … Continue reading →

Sometimes this job is just too easy. Two posts in a row about sharpening techniques that I think are significant enough to share and all I have to do it point you to them. (If you’ve already seen them, I … Continue reading →

Rob Porcaro is a fine woodworker and furniture-maker near Boston, MA who finds time to write interesting things in his blog as well. He recently posted a very thorough three-part review of the Veritas Scraping Plane which includes a review … Continue reading →