I use trammel points almost every day to scribe out large arcs. One of my biggest frustrations with trammels is that many hold standard wood-body pencils only. Because of this, my line is always thinner at the beginning of the mark and fatter at the end. The difference in line width can make a difference…
Read moreAlmost every horizontal surface in our workshop and office has a knife on it. As does every drawer and till. Shop knives are essential tools for opening boxes, cutting rope and 100 other workshop tasks. So we are always on the lookout for inexpensive, quality knives. This year I heard about Jose Da Cruz knives…
Read moreThere are lots of ways to scribe cabinets to a wall or to scribe the legs of a chair to their final length. My favorite scribing tool – hands down – is the Tooley Park Fat Boy Scriber. Made by Philip Sewell, a cabinetmaker in the U.K., this clever tool is well-made and extremely useful. The…
Read moreYou might have noticed that we’ve been having problems getting three new products up in the store and running smoothly. Well they are now up and available for immediate shipment. We released them simultaneously so you can save on shipping if you planned on buying more than one. Here’s what’s new: ‘Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed’…
Read moreThe two most comfortable chairs I make are my lowback and this Gibson armchair, which is a design that originated in Ireland. In 2019 I went to Ireland and studied many historical examples of this chair and now make a version that is similar to the Irish Gibson, though it is definitely not a reproduction….
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