Tools – Page 15 – Woodworkers Institute

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

Amber Bailey offers a multi-layered approach to the restoration of a 19th-century lacquered panel. Several years ago, I was asked by a

Colin Sullivan looks at making rope. Both Chatham and Portsmouth dockyards have massive purpose built rope walks, showing how important

Philip Greenwood talks about how to sand work to a fine finish. For such a simple sounding part of the

Richard Findley takes a look at the best way to part off your spindle work The action of ‘parting off’

We wax lyrical about the sticky subject of keeping your tools shiny and running smoothly. An email from a reader

How many different jaws are there? There are many, but here we will look at the four most common ones I