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The Mighty Scraper
The basic scraper is a piece of metal, sharpened on the edges and held in the hand or in some sort of stock that creates a fence. That’s it. At its worst, the scraper is a hard to sharpen, hard to hold hand numbing nuisance that creates a fuzzy surface. At its best it’s a chisel, gouge, molding plane and smoothing plane all in one. For a tool with zero moving parts, it can do a lot. I make scrapers from old saws, hacksaw blades, farm machinery teeth and old jointer knives. I have even been known to buy [...]
How to Measure with Carving Tools
There can be a lot of drawing involved in the carving process, as some guidelines are needed to set you [...]
Make Me a Little Furniture
I have never had the least interest in making tiny furniture. For the same amount of work I could make [...]
Unraveling Rococo
The most familiar bunch of furniture that decorative arts people would know as "Chippendale" actually falls under the Rococo style. [...]
Merging Moldings
This is one of those instances where you may not hear me say "Don't worry, we'll just get another piece [...]
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