Design in Practice: Sack Back Windsors
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One of the hardest things Ive tried to teach is good design. There are lots of architectural and mathematical rules that can be applied to proportions, but many pieces of furniture just dont dovetail. Some pieces, like some chairs, dont fit into a proportioning system. They are made using general rules like seat height usually ranges from 16″ to 18″ on most chairs used at tables (and tables tend []
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Clever Magnetic Sharpening System
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DMT recently began offering what it calls the Double-Sided Dia-Sharp 12″ MagnaBase System, in other words, a two-sided diamond stone that attaches to a magnetic base. I havent yet had time to give it a thorough workout (Ill report back after I do), but after touching up the edges on two plane blades and three chisels, I can report that its nice. The diamond stone, (available in extra-coarse/coarse and []
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An Observation on Vintage Handplanes
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Note: I started writing this blog entry more than a year ago. I shelved it and have revisited it several times since. Each time, I thought: I dont need this kind of grief. For whatever reason (four beers, perhaps?), I offer this as an observation based on teaching students, both amateur and professional. For the last decade Ive had the privilege of teaching woodworking students all over the world about []
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