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New Inventions - Old Tools
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If you intend to patent something, the first part of the process is usually a patent search. You look at all the previous patents in the field to determine if your idea is new, or just new to you.
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Garden Structures Without Nails
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Our recently developed tenon cutter was aimed primarily at the rustic furniture market, chair builders specifically.
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Casting Iron
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Our ductile cast iron plane bodies are produced using the green sand casting process, which is one of the most widely used casting processes.
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Cutting End Grain
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Cutting end grain is very different from planing with the grain; it calls for a lot of pressure and control.
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Ductile Cast Iron
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In developing our new line of planes, we analyzed a wide range of planes made in the last 150 years. We wanted to incorporate the advantages of modern metallurgy with all the lessons we learned from the planes that never made it to market.
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Keeping Your Plane Like new
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The trouble with hand planes is that, in using them, they invariably get dirty. The consolation is, keeping them looking like new is pretty straightforward.
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Plane Blade Profile
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Immense pleasure can be found in planing wood by hand. Stepping back after taking a final stroke to view the flawless panel you have just finished is a truly satisfying experience.
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What is the Significance of a Rockwell Hardness Rating?
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In many tool descriptions in our catalogs, you will see the symbol "Rc" with an accompanying number. This indicates the hardness of the tool on the Rockwell C hardness scale.
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Ellipses with a Beam Compass
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Although not mentioned in our catalog copy, a beam compass is a superb layout tool for large ellipses as well as octagons, hexagons, pentagons, etc. - figures up to 80" or more in maximum diameter.
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Flattening Stones, Lapping Planes
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The best way to flatten sharpening stones is to lap them on plate glass that has had a bit of loose silicon carbide sprinkled on it.
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