Back To Part 5 Welcome To Part 6 Of Our Series: BUILT BY HAND: A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HAND TOOLS GoTo Part 7 Hand Planes — The Jack Plane Is All You Need to Start Hand planes intimidate more beginners than almost any other tool. They look complicated, they require sharpening, and there are dozens
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Backsaws and the Miter Box — Precision Cutting for Joinery Back To Part 4 Welcome to Part 5 Of Our Series: BUILT BY HAND: A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HAND TOOLS GoTo Part 6 There’s a difference between cutting a board to rough length and cutting a joint to finished dimension. The first job can be
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Hand Saws — Choosing the Right Saw for the Cut Back To Part 3 Welcome To Post 4 Of Our Series: BUILT BY HAND: A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HAND TOOLS GoTo Part 5 Walk into any tool store and you’ll find a wall of saws. Rip saws, crosscut saws, panel saws, backsaws, Japanese saws, coping
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Measuring and Marking — Getting It Right Before You Cut Back to Part 2 Welcome to part 3 of our series: “Built by Hand: A Beginner’s Guide to Hand Tools” GoTo Part 4 Here’s a rule that experienced woodworkers learn the hard way: mistakes happen at the marking stage, not the cutting stage. If your
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Your First Hand Tool Kit (and What to Skip) Back To Pt 1 Part 2 of our series: “Built by Hand: A Beginner’s Guide to Hand Tools” GoTo Part 3 One of the biggest traps for new woodworkers is buying too much too soon. Tool catalogs are full of beautiful, specialized equipment, and it’s easy
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Do You Really Need Hand Tools? Part 1 of our series: “Built by Hand: A Beginner’s Guide to Hand Tools” GoTo Part 2 If you’ve spent any time browsing woodworking forums or watching YouTube tutorials, you’ve probably noticed a divide. On one side, there are woodworkers with workshops full of table saws, routers, and jointers.
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Post 5: Practical Layout Strategies — From Board to Build Back To Part 4 Welcome to Part 5 Of Our Five Part Series: Measuring, Marking & Layout for Beginner Woodworkers At this point in our series, you’ve learned how measuring really works, how to mark clearly, and how to use layout tools to reduce error.
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