The carving tools I've chosen to keep for future projects. This past week I laid out all my carving tools and did a first round of choosing a set of tools to keep for future carving projects. I suspect there may a be a smaller weeding out in a year or so. There are 73 … Continue reading Whittling Down
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Carving Tool Resolutions
I've been busy through the spring and summer but I'm looking forward to getting back to more regular posting on the blog and have several topics ready to go. But first this post will both serve as a record of my carving tool collection as it is at this point in time and let you … Continue reading Carving Tool Resolutions
Fore-Plane Marks
Unlike painting, furniture making is a reductive practice. The marks on every surface are only those of the last tool used. On show surfaces of pre-industrial furniture, you are typically looking at marks left by a try plane, smoothing plane, or scraper. There is no way we can peer into the past and know what … Continue reading Fore-Plane Marks
What’s In A Name?
I’m sure there must be some confusion among those who don’t study the history of woodworking tools, as to what, if any, is the difference between a fore-plane and a jack-plane. I remember being confused about it when I started in woodworking. The metal bench planes of Leonard Bailey’s design still that were still being … Continue reading What’s In A Name?
A Second Fore-Plane
It is a tradition for the board of directors of the Center for Art in Wood to ask the artists who participated in the summer residency if they would be amenable to donating one or more objects to be chosen by the board to the Center’s permanent collection. This creates a record of the artists … Continue reading A Second Fore-Plane
In Proportion to the Trouble 