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Simple Angle-setting Jig for Sharpening
Our angle-setting guide. Every time we get questions about our setting jigs, I joke that I’m going to start making them to sell. Had I done it years ago, I could probably now afford that paint job my house needs…or at least afford some fancy cat treats! The questions have ticked up recently, due to…
Read more‘The Way to Draw the Work on the Plan’
The following is excerpted from “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture,” by André-Jacob Roubo, translated by Don Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán and Philippe Lafargue. In addition to the translated text and images from the original 18th-centry masterpiece, “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture” also includes five contemporary essays on Roubo’s writing by…
Read moreSYP Beams in Benchtop Form
If you’re in the market for a massive, heavy laminated slab of Southern yellow pine for a workbench top, and can be in Wellman, Iowa, on October 15 for pickup, this news is for you. The Abraham brothers (the brain trust behind Benchcrafted) have unearthed another cache of Roubo-worthy wood, this time in the form…
Read moreStorefront Open Day: Nov. 26th, 2022
We will open the storefront to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 26. We will be selling our full line of books and tools, of course. But more importantly we are here to answer your questions and talk about woodworking. And to show you the clock if you ask (if…
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