Building with Hand Tools

Goodness, the list is long.....

First, get the to the Galoot site. This is where an international group of people who ejoy using, finding, and talking about hand tools gather. There are some people who make their living working with hand tools, and lots who are very high quality amateurs. The discussions and archives and pictures are a tremendous resource.

Lurk under the porch for a while, listen to the conversations, and then start asking for help and information. You'll be amazed at what you get.

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Old Guy

I'll be checking that site out myself, but I'd like to reinforce something in Old Guy's post.

There are a ton of techniques you can learn, from books, the Web, possibly from a friend, but nothing is going to encourage you more than learning how to sharpen tools. Especially hand tools. A lot of folks farm out sharpening of powertool edges, but hand tools lose their edges so fast, it's impractical to do so.

And nothing is more frustrating than a dull edge.

Adam Cherbini's blog and magazine writings are always interesting to me. He uses zero power tools.

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You might check out the Roy Underhill's "The Woodwright's Shop" on tv. He uses only handtools, including a spring pole lathe.

S.

Here's a couple of books I have found to be helpful and intersting, on the topic of hand tools:

Selecting and Using Hand Tools is a great collection of articles from the magazine Fine Woodworking and covers a number of different hand tools, but not as extensively as Watson's book. I found this book most helpful for learning how to sharpen and tune hand saws.

And he usually starts a project with a tree or log and goes from there to a finished project! I used to really like watching his program (pbs took it off in my area), but i dont think i would attempt some of the things he does...all with hand tools...no electrical powered tools of any kind.

Skip

Tanus wrote in news:fhpber$216$ snipped-for-privacy@aioe.org:

Many times when I've been using the hand saw I sharpened myself, I've felt like posting a gloat here that says "I have a sharp saw. I sharpened it myself." Boy is it an enjoyable tool now.

Puckdropper

Well, I joined the Galoot list and I'm ordering these books to start. Great info, all, thank you.

Took it off in my area too... watch the 2006 season on the PBS site.

Look forward to seeing you there....

Old Guy

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