Tools – Page 14 – Woodworkers Institute

Are you struggling to plane a straight edge? Is your wood plane ‘biting’ the wood? Want to know more about

No guillotine? No problem. Ramon Valdez uses a dedicated crosscut jig to trim square edges ready for assembly straight off

Jason Townsend looks at knife skills in the context of working in-the-round. Knife carving is on the increase as far as

Kurt Hertzog looks at using various types of shell in his turned work. As we’ve been exploring materials and colouration

Kurt Hertzog talks about the skew chisel. Of the many tools in a woodturner’s kit, the skew chisel alone usually

Faceplates still have a place in every wood turner’s workshop. I remember this was once the main way for holding

Small can sometimes be very practical. Although an adage often reserved for hand tools, some power tools are also deserving.

The author looks at the core tools used in woodturning. There are many turning tools available, and it is easy