Questions tagged [hand-tools]
Tools used by hand, the work/power is supplied by the tool user.
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What is the origin story of panel planes?
What is the general history or origin story of panel planes?
I’ve tried looking it up in books like The Handplane Book by Garrett Hack, Handplane Essentials, Revised & Expanded by Christopher ...
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How straight should my hand saw be?
I'm new to hand tools woodworking, and started working with a ryoba saw. I wanted to know - to what extent does the straightness of the saw affect the straightness of my cuts?
How should I test the ...
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Stock preparation for tapered tenon cutter
I’ve got a Veritas tapered tenon cutter and feel like I am missing something obvious for using it efficiently.
Suppose I have a square chair leg 4 cm (1 1/2 in) thick, and I want to create a tapered ...
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Setup improvement for planing faces of long boards
Apologies in advance for the long intro — I thought it would be relevant to explain the setup I am looking to evolve and why.
I’ve started woodworking with power tools on a balcony, and as such my ...
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How to make stuff concave - large radius - with handtools?
I’m trying to bestow a 5-foot long hollow to a board, to use as support for the base of a midcentury modern tv cabinet. E.g.: the long horizontal member of the leg base in the image below:
I’m ...
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What is this adjustable/foldable rack for?
I inherited this whimsical object along with several other woodworking tools.
The item resembles a stepladder, albeit a very small one (about 50cm). A hinge is connecting the two main sides - one ...
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Making very small mortises/grooves in wood
I'm wondering if there is a best way to make such holes in wood, size 2mm x 10mm. Should I use small chisels or any other approach you recommend?
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Flattening a maple woodblock by hand for fine art woodcut printing on a press
I have had considerable problems trying to flatten maple woodblocks by hand for printing on an etching press.
I often print with a jig below the block to allow me to register multiple colors -- the ...
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Cutting perfect 45° by hand
I am trying to cut wooden planks with a 45° to joint them together.
For this end I have made this jig for my handsaw.
All the angles measured are perfect. I cut very slowly to avoid to much play from ...
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What is this choppy defect called and what was it caused by?
What causes the splitty defect pictured below? Is there a special name for it? I think that working it out with hand planes would require removing too much of the surrounding wood. (Am I mistaken in ...
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Getting dust with smoothing plane?
I am new to hand planing. I have some S12E cedar and when I take my smoother (old Sargent) to the rough face I just get dust in the mouth and it gets stuck on the board. The blade is sharpened to 1000 ...
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How can I attach hardwood backing panels to a frame?
Preface: I only have access to hand tools. I am a novice at design and drawing perspectives, I unfortunately only have technical abilities right now because I've only copied other people's work to ...
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Resawing by hand - how to correct drift?
I'm trying resawing for the first time on a cherry board.
It's just as difficult as everyone has mentioned, but I am following the advice I've found online and only sawing where I can see the line I ...
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How do you inlay a brass corner ornament using handtools only?
I'm working on a campaign-style jewelry box, and am curious about the best way to inlay a corner guard that has a curve in it.
My plan is to make a full size photo copy of the hardware, then rubber ...
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How to flatten stubborn hollow on the back of a plane iron?
I'm a completely new amateur woodworker, starting out with hand tools. To begin with, I want to get my new tools nice and sharp. I've been trying very hard to flatten (lap?) the back of my plane iron (...
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