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Carving a Simple Flower by
P. Michael Henderson 
Some time ago, I did a tutorial on a woodworking
forum on how to carve a simple flower. In an attempt
to make that tutorial a bit more widely available,
I'm putting it here.
If you find this tutorial useful, I'd really
appreciate if you would send me an e-mail with the
subject line of "Flower carving" so I can get some
indication of how many people are reading it.
Note that I use the Swiss system to describe carving
tools in all of my carving tutorials.
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Bed, Night Tables
and Stereo Cabinet
by Mark Singer
I just
finished a bed and night tables for our bedroom. Our Wenge
bedroom (see later in the article) set that I made was moved to
the guest house.
This bed is
quarter sawn white oak. All wood is solid, no veneers. The headboard
is detailed to expand in a dado for wood movement and there is a
reveal that acts as an expansion joint near the bottom.
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Disston Backsaw - Back and Handle
Dating by Philip Baker
 This study of markings that have been
used on the backs of backsaws and their handle design
will begin with the Henry Disston Company ca 1840-1890.
Other American saw companies in my collection, that were
in business over a time period long enough to provide
material for a study will be forthcoming.
The intent of this work is to share
knowledge I have gained from the Disston backsaws in my
custody. I encourage my readers to offer additional information that may fill holes or be of a contrary
nature. This, I believe, is the opportunity for us to
provide additional information on saw manufacture and
dating which (as far as I know) has not been published
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Making a Sharpening Disk for Carving Tools by
P. Michael Henderson 
I'm often asked how to sharpen carving tools. I'm a big
believer in a power sharpening system because it allows you
to sharpen your tools quickly - which means you spend more
time carving and less time sharpening. In my carving
classes, I demonstrate the use of a sharpening disk mounted
on a lathe. The advantages of this system are that the disk
can be made for little money, and it works well, as long as
you have a lathe.
But a lathe is a good investment compared to a dedicated
sharpening system, like a Tormek. You can purchase a
mini-lathe for maybe $200 if you catch them on sale. |
Handsaw with Brass Escutcheon
by Frank Brickhouse
The handle was disassembled and
taken off the blade. The mark on the blade and marks on
the handle under escutcheon suggest that both, handle and
escutcheon are authentic and are original parts of this saw.
There is small loss of wood to the end of the top handle horn
and chips to the end of the bottom horn. |
Foreign Rivalries - Hardware
by H.
R. Fox Bourne, 1884 England has always been famous for its hardware; and the
multitude of trades included under that somewhat vague term -
nearly every one of them of great value and importance when
looked at separately - have in the aggregate contributed very
largely to our national prosperity.

We have come to regard it as
our prerogative to make not only cotton, woollen, and other
articles of clothing for all the world, but also knives,
scissors, axes, and saws, pins, needles, nails, and screws, pots
and pans, fenders and fire-irons, and all sorts of other metal
goods, from swords and firearms to watches and clocks. |
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Specialty Planes by Diego de Assis
In addition to
surfacing planes (scrub plane, smoothing plane, jack plane, and
jointer), there are many specialty planes, with specific cuts
for different purposes.
Some of the many
examples are tongue and groove planes, molding planes, plow
planes, and rabbet planes. They have been used since early times
in traditional cabinemaking, and are still used today by the few
craftsmen who maintain antique technologies made extinct by
modern industry. |
A Day at the Butterley Iron
Works, Derbyshire
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The Penny Magazine - Society for the Diffusion of
Useful Knowledge, 1844 Among the various manufacturing
establishments which our country exhibits, there are few so
important, so interesting to a stranger and conducted on a
scale of such great magnitude, as the more distinguished
Iron-Works.
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