I stumbled upon this video the other day and couldn’t help but recognise that the information might be useful to some of our customers. We often see many bespoke bits and pieces in tool kits but I’ve yet to see this gadget. This shape transfer method opens many possibilities when trying to create something unusual. […]

The importance of having a flat sole on a woodworking plane is necessary if you want to minimise tearout and is one important factor in making the plane perform to a high standard, this is not the only factor but I’m addressing this specifically in this article. The plane’s sole flatness is important if a […]

I was traveling to my workshop earlier this summer (a 4-mile trip) and couldn’t help but notice that the grass had been cut on one of the roundabouts along the route. Why did I take notice of such a minor thing? Well, it was like a bad haircut with short and long bits sticking up […]

Oscar Wilde’s quote about “Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing” is highly relevant within Old Tools. Hopefully, this article will also help some people think about the value rather than the price of things in many aspects of what we do in life. Over the years we have become accustomed to […]

Finally, we have had a little sunshine and I’ve been able to catch up on some essential outside jobs that have been neglected over the winter months. This has temporarily taken me away from refurbishing tools but I will start again on Monday with a sense of relief these nagging jobs have been done. I’ve […]

Anyone using their hands and minds to make a living will know they are always threatened by the tech & machine age and the general public’s inability to understand the difference between them. Don’t get me wrong but there is a place for machine-made things, especially when the same item is needed repeatedly en-mass and […]