The Woodshop Shed

adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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The Legendary Karl Holteys Last Plane

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The original masterpiece. The Holtey 98 Smoothing Plane was the makers first original design.The No. 984 panel plane, currently in production, will be the last run of commercial handplanes in Karl Holtey’s legendary and innovative 26-year career. His first original design is shown above. I had the chance early on in my time at Popular Woodworking to handle several of his incredible tools, and take a few shavings. It was about a year after I joined the staff and maybe 1 week after […]The post The Legendary Karl Holtey’s Last Plane appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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The Almost-flush-cutting Saw

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cardboard_IMG_5876Flush-cutting saws are great, except when you have heavy work to do, or the saws dive into the work below the teeth, or they bend because you got too aggressive. I usually use these specialty saws for light-duty work trimming small dowels or when I cant otherwise do the work trimming overhanging moulding that has been dovetailed at the corners is one common example in my work. […]The post The Almost-flush-cutting Saw appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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Woodworking in America: Interview with Caleb James

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JamesCCaleb began his woodworking career designing and creating mid-century furniture, with a focus on Danish modern chairs. His entry into traditional chair making began with training from Peter Galbert and further expanded as he collaborated with Curtis Buchanan. This traditional type of woodworking guided his research into traditional tooling and led to his making 18th-century wooden handplanes. He regularly blogs about plane making and encourages the craft. PW: Youre known […]The post Woodworking in America: Interview with Caleb James appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.

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