Low-Angle vs. Standard-Angle Spokeshaves
The key to success with a spokeshave is understanding the cutting angles and how they work.
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Setting up a fillister plane
Tips on setting up and using this classic hand tool for joinery.
Read moreHelp Us Build a Workbench at the March 26 Open House
At our upcoming open house – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 26 – you’re invited to help us build a workbench – or simply watch us work and ask questions. We’ve been working with the Cincinnati Museum Center for a new permanent exhibit, Made in Cincinnati, that will include in the “made by hand section”…
Read moreThe New Workbench at Lost Art Press
We have just received delivery of a new Benchcrafted Classic Bench in our shop, which replaces Megan Fitzpatrick’s LVL bench in the center of our bench room. Megan and I have been in long-running discussions about building her a new workbench sometime during 2022. But recently we decided to buy (actually, trade) for the Benchcrafted…
Read moreWorkbenches Old & Modern
The following is excerpted from “Ingenious Mechanicks,” by Christopher Schwarz. This book is a journey into the past. It takes the reader from Pompeii, which features the oldest image of a Western bench, to a Roman fort in Germany to inspect the oldest surviving workbench, and finally to Christopher’s shop in Covington, where he recreated…
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