Old Chips

This blog is dedicated to manual woodworking. My shop has no electric tools. I will be talking about technique, tools and projects. Your comments are welcome. My language is not english so you will find plenty of mistakes but I'm sure you'll understand.

2018-06-23

Beginners tools: Choosing chisels

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Chisels are essential in your shop.  With some experience you will be amazed at what you can do with them. This blog is to help you with y...

Beginners tools: Sharpening stones

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The very first skill required to enjoy manual woodworking is to be able to sharpen properly a blade or a chisel.  You may buy a high end pla...

Beginners tools: Planes

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This is a subject that has been discussed many times on this blog. Many people are asking me the same questions.  They ask if they should b...

Beginners Tools: Choosing a saw

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This blog is to help you for choosing a saw and I will look at what you should know before buying one.  The main decisions for you will be: ...

Beginners Tools: General Review

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This blog is the first dedicated to beginners.  It will give you a general idea about the tools required to do manual woodworking.  More det...

Beginners tools: Marking and Measuring

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Marking and measuring are two very important aspects in woodworking and you should be looking for very good quality tools.  Not so long ago,...

Technique: Tear-out control with hand planes

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We all have to plane different types of wood and some of them could be highly figured and cause tear-out. Here are some known methods that...
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Normand Leblanc
Depuis une quinzaine d'années je n'utilise que des outils manuels dans mon atelier d'ébénisterie. C'est plus long qu'avec des outils électriques mais, étant retraité, le temps ne compte pas vraiment. Je ne reviendrai probablement jamais aux outils électriques. Tout fabriquer manuellement est tellement plus intéressant, moins poussiéreux et plus sécuritaire. Quand je n'ai pas de projets j'aime beaucoup lire des romans et je joue au hockey toute l'année. N'hésitez pas à m'écrire, Normand Leblanc
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