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“High Wycombe itself has reacted to civic events with real enthusiasm over the years, and when any Royal event or visit has been arranged, pride of place among the bunting and crowns and other decorations has been the traditional arch of chairs which spans the road by the Guildhall. Rising over 30 feet, it consisted…
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Even on my final project – pre-worm-food – I’m sure I’ll remind myself to “begin at the bottom or the back.” What does that mean? Basically, whenever I perform an operation that will be repeated, I start by working the least-visible area. In a blanket chest, that means dovetailing the least-visible back corner first. When…
My July column for Core77 is now available to read (for free, as always) and discusses what I call the “exploitation” of wood. Here’s the direct link. The column is, at its heart, about why you should learn everything possible about your raw materials – I seek to know wood as well as I know…
The handplane I use the most is the one that receives the least love. My old Stanley jack plane, a $12 purchase at a Kentucky fair, has its original chipbreaker and iron, which is just about sharpened down to a nub. When I disassembled the plane yesterday I noticed that its iron was so dull…
Apologies for the unvarnished commerce, but I’d rather sell these books here than on eBay. Lucy and I are relinquishing as many material goods as possible as we prepare to move above the storefront in early August. So duplicate books have to go. Here we have three books, all hand-bound in leather by Ohio Book…
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