I suppose that a woodworker may never have enough tools so it’s never really news when a woodworker gets some new tool. I feel like I’m approaching a place where I can get increasingly choosy about which tools I get and when. I have a nice selection of saws, chisels, hand planes, measuring and marking [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lie-Nielsen’
Expecting New Tool – Low Angle Jack
Having your hobby live on a tight budget, you have to save and buy up. This can take month and requires a great deal of patience. Well, my patience is paying off. I had saved up so that I could buy a few tools. One that I’m very excited about is a Lee Valley/Veritas Low [...]
Hand Plane for shooting board
As I mentioned in my last post regarding the Lie-Nielsen Tool Event, I was thinking about a dedicated hand plane for the shooting board.
I’m currently using my Lie-Nielsen Jointer Plane which is set up for medium planing work (versus rough/aggressive or smooth/fine work). This works though I’ve found that the plane should be set up [...]
Lie-Nielsen Tool Event – Wrap up
As I mentioned in my last post, I headed up to Port Townsend. It turned out to be a 2 1/2 hour road trip (each way, including the required ferry ride) though I was able to catch up on a lot of podcasts during the ride so it wasn’t totally wasted.
It was a much smaller [...]
Off to Port Townsend
Today and Tomorrow Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is at Edensaw Woods in Port Townsend. They are supposed to be showing attendies how to use and tune our tools to make us better woodworkers.
I own a few Lie-Nielsen tools so I felt it was worth the long drive time (and a ferry ride too) to see what I [...]
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event
I just received an invitation to the Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event in Port Townsend, WA.
I suspect that this could be a selling event more than a learning event but if the schedule (at least the one they show for Saturday), is accurate then maybe it is a significant learning event. Lie-Nielsen seems to be [...]
