Hand-tool buyer's guide - FineWoodworking
Hand-tool buyer’s guide. Use two decades of tool tests to compile your hand-tool kit, and you won't go wrong. By Asa Christiana #286-Tools & Shops 2021 Issue. Synopsis: We’ve been conducting real-world tests on the best hand tools for decades now, long before the explosion in hand-tool appreciation of the past few years.
Make your own woodworking tools - FineWoodworking
2020年8月10日 · Make your own woodworking tools. From a simple pair of winding sticks to an entire bandsaw, shopmade tools can make your work sweeter. Aug 10, 2020. Whether we’re looking to save money, personalize a tool for a specific need, or put a little extra romance into the shop, so many of us love building our own tools.
Hand Tools - FineWoodworking
Working wood with hand tools can be a source of pleasure, putting the emphasis on the process as much as on the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of craftsmanship, bringing a refinement to work that machines alone cannot produce. In this comprehensive project guide, expert woodworkers explain how they choose ...
Make your own tools - FineWoodworking
2020年2月21日 · Make your own tools. Vic Tesolin thinks that there is something remarkable about using a tool that you have made with your own hands to practice your craft. I began my woodworking education at Rosewood Studio in Perth, Ontario, and was immediately immersed in everything there was to learn. Early into my time there we had a week where the focus ...
What to Look for in an Adze - FineWoodworking
You and your aching wrists may be eager for it. Test the hang. With the cutting edge against a flat surface, extend the handle off the edge so that the pivot point of the swing hangs free. The cutting edge should be about 90° to the surface. To understand the hang of a particular adze, consider the location of the pivot point.
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The Best Rust Preventers - FineWoodworking
2012年5月31日 · We put 20 commonly available rust preventers to the test to see which ones work best at protecting your expensive woodworking tools from rust. Are waxes and natural oils better? What about petroleum-based products? We tried the rust preventers on a cast-iron tablesaw top and some samples of A2 tool steel (an iron alloy). All of the samples were …
17 Tools Every Woodworker Should Have - FineWoodworking
2018年10月24日 · But after it’s properly tuned up and sharpened this is a great tool for taking off wood, and it’s especially useful when the board has a lot of figure. It’s more aggressive than the card scraper, and the two work well in tandem. 4. Nicholson #50 Rasp. The Nicholson #50 rasp is a veteran of the patternmaking trade.
Tool Roundup: On the Horizon 2024 - FineWoodworking
2023年11月20日 · PantoRouter Woodworking Machine. The PantoRouter ® is the safest, fastest, cleanest, most accurate, most repeatable and easiest joinery machine on the market! Cut your mortise and tenons, box joints, and dovetails on a true joinery machine rather than the old-fashioned way with your table saw, bandsaw, router table, and hand tools.
12 Tools Every Furniture Maker Needs - FineWoodworking
Synopsis: The premiere of our new hand tool department focuses on the 12 tools every furniture maker should have in their arsenal: Coping saw, smoothing plane, combination square, bevel gauge, marking knife, dovetail saw, card scraper, marking gauge, spokeshave, shoulder plane, block plane, chisel set. I started out as a power-tool guy, but I ...