This a Tool Chest made entirely with hand tools at the Woodwrights School. Roy Underhill has a school and it is excellent. He is a good teacher and a prince of a guy. The wood is Southern Yellow Pine. The dog is our Briard, Baxter.
How far I got in class
I took Roy Underhill's hand tool only class on making a tool chest. It was a wonderful class and I learned a great deal. I highly recommend his classes. We learned about many hand tools and built a dovetailed tool chest. In class I finished the chest and only had to...
Bill Anderson - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
By Joshua Farnsworth (Writer at WoodAndShop.com)
In the above Video I share my recent visit to the amazing workshop of Bill Anderson, owner of Edwards Mountain Woodworks in Chatham county, North Carolina (near Chapel Hill). View the original full...
Gorgeous Tung Oil Finish on 18th Century Jointer Plane
By Joshua Farnsworth (Writer at WoodAndShop.com)
This VIDEO isn't a tutorial. I just wanted to keep y'all up tonight with thoughts of the Tung oil falling into the pores of this beautiful beech jointer plane that I just finished...
How to Use a Stanley 45 Combination Plane to Cut Grooves
By Joshua Farnsworth (Writer at WoodAndShop.com)
I shot the above Video at Roy Underhill's Woodwright's School (original blog post is here). Bill Anderson shows how to properly use a Stanley 45 Combination Plane to cut a simple groove...
How to Cut Half-Lap Dovetails with Hand Tools - at Roy Underhill's Woodwright's School
By Joshua Farnsworth (Writer at WoodAndShop.com)
I shot the above detailed Video of master joiner Bill Anderson at Roy Underhill's Woodwright's School in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Bill shows how to cut a...