I got lucky and won a wetherby draw knife auction at a very modest price. Then it arrived and I got a good look at it... Why would someone grind a tool when...
I have just added 3 pictures of a just-completed 4-person Gothic-carved table and two benches, - to the Album "Matthewe Baker's items for Camp". I used antique...
Good afternoon all, I have a spoke shave with a curved blade and it is dull. Question: is there anyone in Atenveldt that sharpen it? I also have one with a...
Good morning all, I wanted to share the photos of a tool I just completed. In the Photo section you will find pics of my No Cost Shave Horse. Why did I make a...
I have just added 6 pictures of my just-completed flat-packing replica-4-poster bed to the Album "Matthewe Baker -2012 additions to Camp". Enjoy, and perhaps...
Hello everyone, I have a quick question concerning nature stain that I have just made. I have boiled out around 5 gallons of concentrated Black Walnut Stain,...
I'm looking at a couple of projects that call for round tapered mortise and tenon joints. Not particularly difficult, but specialized tools are called for. ...
In my photo Album, "Matthewe Baker - 2012 additions to camp", I have today posted new pics. of two just-completed items for our period encampment. And of...
... If I remember correctly, they tended to build the hinge such that the back ran down the outside of the box and the top was attached to the underside of the...
Hello, Primarily I'm a power-tool user but with my biggest tools in storage I've been doing more small projects with hand tools and it's a different sort of...
Ancient wooden prosthetics, anyone? http://www.geekosystem.com/first-prosthetic-device/ Devin Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. So which do you want,...
There's a photo album here with just a few pictures of these remarkably familiar "modern" chairs. Anyone have more information on them, or others similar?...
Last year was a bad & dry year in N E Texas I have lost 12-15 large Black Walnut & Red Oak. I need to have them sawed for lumber how should they be cut? They...
Hey all, My landlord just cut down a mesquite tree, and he's leaving cuttings on the property for firewood. What can I do with green mesquite for projects...
http://harmonyforest.org/books/titles/coppicecraft/content.htm I can't tell how many of these tools and/or techniques go back to our period, but it's an...
The frame of my work bench is assembled. I'll get the joints glue up over the next week, then I get to work on flattening out the top rails and getting the...
Greetings to the list! I will return to Great Western War this year with my "Old German Workshop" and invite any woodworker (or prospective woodworker) to join...
Hi Folks, I have a new client that is wanting a piece inspired by King Edwards Chair, the problem is I can't find good photos from all sides. Does anyone out...
Thanks Conal for letting me join ;) I've been working a bit this summer with greenwood, thanks to having to remove several trees from my property this summer....
Hi, I was cleaning my bench post pennsic and I thought I would share my bench vise. I was talking about to avery1415 at pennsic. I have been using this vice or...
Hope that caught your attention folks, cause this is a doozy. I don't know if anyone can help but from my experience, here is the best place to start. We are...
Well, in answer to Wolf's question, "what's new?", I was going to title this post, "Scheitholtz Happens", but I thought better of it. Actually, I'm working on...
Yes its a smoke and fire pattern. each is a box that beaks down into individual boxes. My husband planed the wood, and dried it. We get the wood from a...
Hi all, I have visited the onze-lieve-vrouwe-ter-potterie museum in Bruges, Belgium last month and took photos and measurements of four original 15th century...
