Atlas/Craftsman Tablesaw

American Woodworker Editors AW145, Craftsman, Old Tools, Table saw, Tool Maintenance, Tool Restoration

This beauty dates from 1939. The motor hangs off the back, like a contractor’s saw, but the trunnions are bolted to the body, like a cabinet saw. The body is all cast iron; I made the base below from …
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Understand & Use a Bowsaw

Michael Dunbar Bowsaw, Hand Tool, October 2010 #185, Saw, Techniques

These traditional tools are woefully misunderstood by modern craftsmen. Here’s a primer. Video: See a video of Mike Dunbar using a large and a small bowsaw. Article: Read Frank Klausz’s article on the bowsaws in his shop. In the …
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The Case for Bevel-up Planes

Lonnie Bird August 2009, Bevel, Hand Tool, Handplane, Lonnie Bird, Smoothing Plane, Techniques

A craftsman makes the argument that bevel-up planes are easier to tune for end grain and difficult woods. I can clearly remember my first experience with bench planes. I was in high school shop class and while I was leveling …
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Another Side to the 60’s

American Woodworker Editors AW135, Old Tools, Plane, Shop Blog, Tool Restoration

Back in the late 1960’s, the folks at Record tools in Sheffield, England, redesigned their classic 044 plow plane (or plough plane, as they spelled it). It’s a tool used for making grooves by hand, and it’s hard to imagine …
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