I'm compelled to share the joy I'm finding in knowing that I can now pick up any of my four finely tuned planes and turn out silky smooth, straight, flat, and square... read more
About: David Charlesworth
Recent Posts by David Charlesworth
These joints appear to be quite straightforward, they are frequently tackled by beginners, but are difficult to do really well. I use a router plane to adjust tenon cheeks as this maintains... read more
These are some of the joints from the first ever mortice & tenon short course.
All mortices were cut by hand as James does not have a machine. I have found that we can...
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This photo shows the incredible standard of Edwards work, achieved during a dovetail short course. We were both absolutely thrilled with the results.
He was particularly happy as he had arrived thinking he would not...
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I had one of my long standing prejudices confirmed this weekend.
On my two day sharpening course the nice chap brought a set of Two Cherries chisels, which he had bought in Germany.
We were only...
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