Woodworking Hand Tools & Techniques
Latest Episodes
HTT016 – Are Hand Tools Really That Slow?
On today’s show, I discuss keeping green wood green, marking tapered octagonal legs, when to throw in the towel and re-cut a miscut tenon, and efficiency with hand tools.
HTT015 – Just Questions
On today’s show, I discuss removing paint splatters from saw handles, adding bolsters to shop made chisels, boiling your own linseed oil, high bevel angle blades in low bed angle planes, making serpentine front drawers, and sharpening cambered blades.
HTT014 – Green Woodworking
On today’s show, I discuss smoothing end grain to long grain transitions, more on in-cannel gouges, rust control in humid shops, working end grain with hand tools, and getting started with green woodworking.
HTT013 – What’s on the Woodworking Bookshelf?
On today’s show, I discuss cabinetmaker's screwdrivers, rub joints, fishtail vs. skew chisels, portable workbenches, and my favorite woodworking books.
HTT012 – Making Your Own Hand Tools
On today’s show, I discuss jointer and planer size, fixing problem with old saw handles, methods for cutting down an old saw, restoring wooden bench planes, and making your own tools.
HTT011 – Dust Control in the Hand Tool Shop
On today’s show, I discuss tool acquisition as a new woodworker, cutting up old saws, repairing a twisted frame and panel door, accuracy vs. precision, and dust control.
HTT010 – Using Hide Glue
On today’s show, I discuss outdoor finishes, auger bit lead screws, re-sawing by hand, more on hand tool storage, and using hide glue.
HTT009 – Hand Tool Storage
On today’s show, I discuss period finishes, the chisels that I find most useful in the shop, must have hand tool appliances, and hand tool storage options.
HTT008 – Teaching Woodworking Classes
On today’s show, I discuss planing the end grain of a thick board at an angle, Auriou carving tools, making a frame for a glass panel, fixing miscut mortise and tenon joints, and the dos and don'ts of teaching woodworking classes.
HTT007 – Getting Started with Carving
On today’s show, I discuss intermediate projects, workbench designs, cutting up wide lumber, sharpening saws for different woods, and getting started with carving.