Installing the Lake Erie Toolworks Wood Vise Screw (With a Twist)
Though I've got a twin-screw vise and a single vise positioned as a tail vise, I decided I also wanted a leg vise on my workbench. Because I'm planning to make a few wood-bodied planes myself, I decided to add a similar leg vise to my workbench by combining
Benchcrafted's Glide Leg Vise
with the
Crisscross Hardware
and the
Lake Erie Toolworks Wood Screw.
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Book Review: Making & Mastering Wood Planes
By David Finck
In this book, David Finck's careful, methodical discussion lays out everything you'll need to know and do to build and use your own wooden handplanes. Having built several wooden planes myself, I can state with confidence that any serious woodworker can follow Finck's lead and convert a block of wood - even a solid piece of firewood - into a handsome and well-functioning handplane with the help of this book.
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Working With
Manzanita Wood
This is a fun little tale about two very different people who came to form a woodworking studio known as The Burning Sanders. Through the mutual appreciation of a little known "shrub" known as manzanita, two completely different individuals made it their goal to showcase this hidden gem in the form of sculptures and objects made entirely from manzanita wood.
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