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davidffisher.com
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| | | | | In thirty years of teaching, I've learned (and sometimes failed to remember) the value of preparation beforehand and flexibility once things get started. I've been doing a lot of preparation for my upcoming class. Materials, logistics, and many other things. Much of it involves thinking through processes in detail with the student point-of-view in mind.... | |
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boat.karlnelson.net
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| | | | | For now, at least, I'm using hand planes to shape the spars. Pretty much every how-to video you'll see on spars shows the use of a power plane (perhaps after a band saw has roughed out the shape.) Well, I don't have a power plane (although one could be had at the tool library), but I also rather like the notion of shaping these pieces by hand. Hand planes are quiet. | |
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davidffisher.com
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| | | | | A couple months ago, I wrote a post that included an explanation of a honing method using a board secured vertically in a vise as an aid to honing gouges and chisels. I don't know what to call it. Honing ledger? Sharpening shelf? I'll go with alliteration. Anyway, it allows the gouge to be slid... | |
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webereading.com
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| | | It's March 1st, time to start reading Terry Pratchett and Diana Wynne Jones! This is the year to celebrate all of the good things, be they ... | ||
