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Tomorrow, we release the newest tool from Compass Rose. It's an exciting time around here.
I thought it would be fun to give you a little teaser. Here's a (delibera...
2024-03-15 13:30:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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In the recent discussion thread where I asked you to suggest...
2024-03-09 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've had many requests to review the Rali line of handplanes. Rali is a Swiss company known for their space-age hand tool designs and use of novel materials. So far, they have ...
2024-03-02 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week's video is unusual for several reasons.
First it's extra-long for Patrons. My friend Rob came to the shop and we got a little closer to making a chair. We...
2024-02-24 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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On Monday morning, I had a simple plan: come back from COVID with a brief, useful video on an under-used joint. I was going to do 10 minutes on the humble half-lap joint, be done by ...
2024-02-17 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm recovering from Covid....slowly. It's been 2 weeks and I'm just starting to feel normal. People talk about "Covid fatigue" and they're not kidding. I haven't had symptoms f...
2024-02-10 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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Just last week, I had a MASSIVE oak log delivered to my shop on the coldest, iciest day of the winder. Getting it out of the truck and into the shop was an adventure and I was ...
2024-02-03 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welcome back for the start of 2024! We hope everyone had a nice holiday. We did and we used our break time to set up some BIG things for the coming year.
Let's get ...
2024-01-27 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Well, it's taken a bit longer than expected, but we're finally done with the last video of the year!
Our final video is a complete history of Stanley handplanes 2023-12-22 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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I regret to say that my wife's mother took a bit of a fall and cracked a vertebrae in her neck. It's not as bad as it sounds...but it's not good. My wife is right now flying to...
2023-12-16 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's new tool day! No, we didn't buy a new tool; we invented one. The 2023-12-09 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's been a long road, but we've finished our first ever Patron Scholarship! In today's exclusive video, I award the grants to eight dedicated students of the craft. ...
2023-12-07 00:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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Yes, all us creators do a Gift Buying Guide at the holidays. I get so many questions about affordable tools, that it made sense to do a video. I also focused on gifts that your...
2023-12-02 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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I often make videos about woodworking on a budget, but there’s another scarce resource: time. Many of us don’t have the time we need to practice key skills, finish projects, and ...
2023-11-18 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're hard at work on our next course: Restoring the Vintage Plane in Real Time.
Just like the title says, it's a full restoration of a Stanley No ...
2023-11-11 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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There's always a lot of workbench talk around the internet. People have ideas...or they just repeat stuff other people have said. Recently, I've seen videos claiming that you c...
2023-11-04 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm a well-known anti-gadget guy. I hate specialty tools and I hate seeing people waste their money on dumb stuff. So I wasn't sure what to think about the new 2023-10-28 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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Last week, we learned to use a traditional sawbench for all those big, awkward cuts. But you can't use a sawbench until you build one. So today, we're going to build BOTH the E...
2023-10-14 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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We've completed the fundraising and we're ready to start getting Scholarship applications!!! This video gives you everything you need to know about submitting an application, the tim...
2023-10-12 14:56:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're really happy to deliver this huge, 32-page set of plans for FREE! It's the least we can do for our amazing audience. The build video is nearly done. It will be a lo...
2023-10-10 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today's video was months in the making. Sawbenches are invaluable in the shop, but there's a lot to know about making and using them. Next week, we're going to build BOTH the benches...
2023-10-07 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Months ago, a member of our community offered to lend me a Bridge City Dual Angle Bench Plane to review. I was very excited. I really like fancy planes.
But the reality o...
2023-09-30 11:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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Did you buy a card scraper to support the ...
2023-09-27 13:44:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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We’re excited to announce our first-ever Patron Scholarship . We’re giving out multiple $300 awards to any Forum Member who wants to grow their craft skill...
2023-09-20 14:03:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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This week, a brief trip into my other great love: iron-work! Many of you have requested more blacksmithing content, especially for beginners. What's the best place to sta...
2023-09-16 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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The wait is over! After nearly 2 months of design, building, and editing, the Spring Pole Lathe is complete. This was a big project with a massive learning curve and many challenges....
2023-09-09 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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This post was supposed to happen on Saturday the 2nd, but I got the dates mixed up. Sorry about that; I'm dyslexic and I have trouble with numbers sometimes. Here's the origi...
2023-09-06 13:38:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Ahead of our upcoming video on my Spring Pole Lathe 2023-08-12 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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You all know I was in CT last month for family stuff, but I snuck in some filming time with a fascinating corner cabinet in my brother's house. (Big thanks to my brother and hi...
2023-08-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today, we hit the road to harvest green oak. I found a nice tree that had fallen and been conveniently sawn into sections...but it was still too heavy to lift. So I went out wi...
2023-07-22 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post