When saw sharpener Tom Law died in 2012, he left behind more than a thousand vintage saws that he had fixed up and filed – ready for use. Some of the rare saws went to collectors. But many of these saws would not interest a collector. They were vintage but common working saws – like…
Read moreAll our videos are 50 percent off until midnight on Saturday, Dec. 2. Get into chairmaking, learn to turn or build a massive Roubo workbench. We do everything to keep our videos tightly edited, entertaining and shot from a woodworker’s perspective (no romantic pans of tool walls – promise). For this week, you can sample…
Read moreWhile visiting the Rochester Guildhall to see the Benjamin Seaton Tool Chest, I had to pass through some other exhibits (the tool chest is way at the back). The Rochester area was known for its prison “hulks” in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The hulks were decommissioned ships – some damaged – that…
Read moreThis is the final installment of the Anarchist’s Gift Guide 2023 – tomorrow, it’s back to our regular programming. Buffing Kit for WaxFrom the automotive world comes this incredibly useful buffing kit. I put the pads on my random-orbit sander to buff out wax on tabletops and the like, and the pads makes life so…
Read moreI am back from a fruitful trip to the U.K. where I got to see (finally) the Benjamin Seaton Tool Chest at the Guildhall Museum in Rochester. (More on this tomorrow on the blog). As you can imagine, things are bonkers here this time of year. Megan, John and I have all been pitching in…
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