Category: Lessons

One off lessons or live sessions covering a specific hand tool topic

The Rising Dovetail Learn to cut the rising dovetail and how it can be implemented in your project designs.

The Mysterious Blind Mitered Dovetail Learn how to cut the blind mitered dovetail, its simply a dovetail joint with 2 sets of pins.

A Better Way to Flatten a Board By Hand! When every board is unique following a process to flatten a board by hand makes no sense. Spot plane away the high spots to get flatter,…

Making Duplicate Parts by Hand is really just about working to a line

Using a specific Resawing Frame Saw makes the process of resawing fast and efficient without the capacity limitations that come with the average bandsaw.  Whether you need to turn a thicker board into 2 thinner…

Milling your lumber flat and square is a fundamental skill that is an essential step prior to any joinery. Squaring the edges of those boards may even be the most important aspect of the milling…

The Stanley #5 plane is colloquially called the Jack plane because it is a competent plane for many different tasks. I have often stated that it can be the only plane you use and this…