In this video lesson learn how to do something you’ve probably never seen before . . .
- measure & mark boards for accurate hand planing
- use a hand plane to make lumber a specific thickness
- make rough boards flat and smooth without a thickness planer
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, gives instructions on how to replace a wooden handle on a tool like a hammer or an axe.
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More than one old-timer I know tells how new carpenters used to be judged on the job by their ability to build a sawhorse. If they could deal successfully with the required angles and joints of a sawhorse, creating something solid and…
Keep your spade bits sharp with this simple sharpening routine and you won’t have delay those building projects because of a dull bit.