I have been wanting to make a video on plane blade sharpening for some time now. I know the 20 minute video format we chose just doesn’t leave room for the whole story. The last time I taught a workshop on sharpening was a two-week sharpening basics class at Penland School of Craft and …
Before making this latest video on scraper techniques, I looked at quite a few YouTube scraper sharpening videos. I watched so many makers talk about their method for getting a good edge with interest. All of them are going after the same thing but speak about it differently. Those differences are important to hear and watch. Each will …
James Krenov called hand planes “the violins of the woodworker’s orchestra”. I never got what he meant by that exactly other than to express his own reverence for this group of hand tools. I have never played a violin, but I have learned, over four decades of using hand planes, that the nuances of the …
I’ve talked to a lot of people who were having issues with steam bending, and troubleshooting steam bending. At a distance, there is a lot of guesswork, because everything in the process of steam bending, much like we were talking about everything in the process of cutting a piece of wood, creates a new variable. …
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Jeff McCampbell writes, “I’ve asked about seat comfort, but I was wondering about the curves and steam bending,” and let’s see, this is Jeff. Man, you’ve been asking all the questions. He wants it all. “My own experience of snowshoes and bending wood in a canoe in high school where both curves were glued up. …
I received this question in episode 6 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: How do you protect the mating surfaces of a glue joint from a finish that you are applying prior to glue-up? I mostly use a very slow-drying, Tried-and-True, old-fashioned linseed oil for finish, and Titebond 2 for glue. “Tried-and-true” is a little …
I received this question in episode 6 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: I was taught to use a two-part urea glue for bent lamination on rockers to prevent creep, but when visiting with Sam Maloof, I notice he uses yellow glue and said he never experienced creep in any of his bent laminations. Well, …
I received this question in episode 6 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: What’s your take on the new generation of CA glues? I think the first company was called Nexabond, but somebody’s bought them out. Any experience or thought on where these types of glues are appropriate? I think it was in 2013 they …
I received this question in episode 5 of the Ask Brian Boggs Show: I’ve seen people clean up pva glue in so many different ways – it seems like if even a small amount penetrates the wood, there will be some blotching during the finishing, especially if stain is involved. What’s the best technique? Let …
