Comments on: My Tools

By: T Simmons

T Simmons — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:47:30 +0000

Hi there – I would like to make contact with you about your great site. You can email directly! Thanks

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:23:37 +0000

Hey Trevor, no worries, I’m just joking about how furious I am at the snipe. I’m really only mildly outraged. Yeah, I have no troubles with WordPress. I’ve used Blogger and Movable Type in the past, and I’ve also done a self-hosted WordPress blog. This one (hosted on wordpress.com and forwarded or mapped or whatever to my domain) lacks some of the frills of the self-hosted one but is only $10/year (plus hosting fees of less than $10/year), so the price is right! I would say it is not hard to switch from Blogger. Sure, there’ll be a learning curve but you won’t have to really look hard to find the functions you need to use. But I haven’t used Blogger for some time so I can’t speak to the benefits of one over the other.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:23:28 +0000

I can spell real well by the way.

By: Trevpr

Trevpr — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:55:24 +0000

Ah, you must have been folloring Josh’s FMM. Sorry about the “snipe” If I come across one I’ll forward/grab it for you.

Thanks for visiting my site, The wordpress looks pretty good, do you have to pay? is it hard to learn/worth switching from Blogspot?

Thanks,
Trevor

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:17:32 +0000

Sure thing Chris! It’s in Malaysia right now so I’ll do that after we get back (January).

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:57:00 +0000

I’d love to see a picture of the handmade spokeshave. Any chance?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:51:39 +0000

Tom: Sharpening is one of those things I’ll just need to stay on top of. As it is, I’ve let almost all my tools dull, and now I’ve got a ton of work to do before I can really get to woodworking again. At least I like sharpening, once I’ve got it all set up.

Joe: As you’ll see from my blog, shop space isn’t a requirement for woodworking. Shoot, even lack of tools shouldn’t stop you! :^) My next shop (in the house into which we’ve just moved) will be a 4×8 section of our kitchen (and that will include the 2×6 bench!). I really need to think of how I can maximize the 6′ or so of wall I have as well. Get yourself some chisels (Irwins are fine) and a saw (I prefer the Japanese ryoba myself, and it’s cheap) and you’re ready to get going. You’ll figure out along the way what tool to get next!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:49:09 +0000

Hey Eric! My father is quite a woodworker, and I used to help him with projects when I was younger. I recently felt the “itch” to get back into it. The only problem is that I don’t have any tools and live in an apartment with no space for a shop. I wanted to work on a box with dovetailed corners, and stumbled upon your project on lumberjocks, which led me over to this page! I’ve been catching up on your posts since then!

I just ordered a vintage Stanley No. 4 smoothing plane on ebay, and look forward to picking up more hand tools as I go along.

Thanks for all of your posts…it is a good reminder that everyone starts somewhere, and that getting in there and doing it is the only way to get better.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:13:49 +0000

Last year I attended a one-day workshop on hand-tool woodworking, taught by the masterful Paul Sellers. One point in particular stuck with me from that class: At the end of the day, when you’re done sweeping the shop, sharpen the edge tools you used (maybe just a few strokes on the stone), before you put them away. Next time you use them, (surprise!), you won’t need to wonder which ones need to be sharpened first.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:53:18 +0000

Hey David,

I love my Irwins. They are generally considered by the woodworking community to be very solid, value-for-the-money chisels. Sure, if you’re whacking your chisels with a mallet, the edge will dull faster than if you’re, say, paring. But it’s not like the chisels are made of soft butter steel. They’re tempered, hardened tool steel and hold a decent edge.

I think you’ll find that most experienced woodworkers (and I am not one yet!) keep their sharpening station at the ready, and frequently re-hone an edge several times during a chiseling session.