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How to Use a Combination Plane for Woodworking
By Joshua Farnsworth In video 3/3 Bill Anderson shows how to use a vintage combination plane, like the Stanley 45 or 55 to cut a groove and a rabbet joint. This excerpt comes from the 4.75 hour video “Choosing, Refurbishing, and Using Joinery Handplanes with Bill Anderson”. The HD download is on sale for a limited time here. You can find vintage combination planes on Ebay here (affiliate link): https://ebay.to/3855VM4 Subscribe below
How to Refurbish a Combination Plane for Woodworking
By Joshua Farnsworth In video 2/3 Bill Anderson talks about how to refurbish a vintage combination plane, like the Stanley 45 or 55. Last week I released part 1: "Choosing & Buying a Combination Plane", which you can watch here. These excerpts comes from the 4.75 hour video “Choosing, Refurbishing, and Using Joinery Handplanes with Bill Anderson”. The HD download is on sale for a limited time here. You can find vintage
Choosing & Buying a Combination Plane for Woodworking
By Joshua Farnsworth In video 1/3 Bill Anderson talks about what to look for when buying a vintage combination plane, like the Stanley 45 or 55. This excerpt comes from the 4.75 hour video “Choosing, Refurbishing, and Using Joinery Handplanes with Bill Anderson”. The HD download is on sale for a limited time here. You can find vintage combination planes on Ebay here (affiliate link): https://ebay.to/3855VM4 Subscribe below if you want to
Make a Shaker Bench from 3 Stair Treads!
By Joshua Farnsworth In this video I give a detailed tutorial on how to build a Shaker bench. I chose this design because I absolutely love the look of the lapped dovetail braces, and I felt that the lap dovetail joints and the through-mortise & tenon joints would give beginner woodworkers a challenge without overwhelming them. And the project is really fun for experienced woodworkers as well. The most exciting thing about this bench
How to make Wedges on the Bandsaw (Quick Tip)
By Joshua Farnsworth In this Quick Tip video I share my tip for using a bandsaw to make wooden wedges for wedging tenons on a through-mortise & tenon joint. This tip will help you make dozens of wedges in just a few minutes. Enough to keep on hand for future furniture making projects! What cool woodworking tips do you have? Please leave a comment at the bottom of this page if you'd like to share
Amazing Tree of Life Chests made by William Brown
In this video expert furniture maker, William Brown, shares his "Tree of Life" chests and summarizes the woodworking techniques and a bunch of tricks he uses to make these stunning inlaid wooden chests. Please leave a comment below if you're interested in buying a chest from William, taking a class on building these chests, or seeing a paid video class on building these chests. And if you missed William's workshop tour or furniture tour, you
How to Make & Use a Scratch Stock for Woodworking
By Joshua Farnsworth In the above video David Ray Pine stops by my woodworking school to demonstrate his method for making and using a traditional scratch stock to cut a decorative profile. Below I'll share the steps mentioned in the video. See David's upcoming classes at the bottom of this page. And if you want to see a tour of David’s workshop, click here. What is a Scratch Stock? For those

Workbenches in a traditional woodworking workshop

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