The Wood Shop

The smaller Disston 8" backsaws don't show up at an affordable price too often (at least for me they don't!) and when I saw this mis-labeled saw (it was advertised as a 10" saw, the seller had measured it's total length rather than blade length) on ebay some time ago I placed a lowball bid, fully not expecting to get the saw. Yet, I won - I think I got it for around $18 including shipping. Here's the saw as it arrived:

The saw: bought for under $20 - though the price turned out too good to be true.|

Upon closer inspection, my elation was short-lived. The saw had some serious flaws. What I though was simply dirt or discoloration turned out to be pitting, and quite severe, as you can see in the next photo.

If you are looking for the piece on wedged through tenons, please click HERE.

Over the last couple years, I've been trying to teach myself carving by coming up with projects that either require or might benefit from a bit of carving.  I try to pick projects where any carving that might be done is fairly simple, or easily replaced if I find my "skills" are particularly lacking.  A couple examples of this are on this site - I've done some celtic knots for some of the trim of our kitchen cabinets, and some basic chip carving on a few saw handles.  

I also have a love for old wooden molding planes, and wanted to showcase a simple project that would highlight the use of the most basic type of these, the hollows and rounds - simple concave or convex shaped molding planes that are of the most common variety, and easily obtainable or buildable (look for a project on that later this spring!) by the average woodworker.

If you are looking for the piece on linen fold panels, please click HERE.

During a recent remodel of our house, I enlarged the living room and added a small closet next to the front door. A full size door was out of the question, as it would  require 3' of clear space for it to open,  and I wanted a door that would use as little floor space in front of it as possible.  A pair of sliding doors would not open wide enough, and a single bi-hold door still required too much space for the furniture I have in mind that will go in front of the closet.  The answer was a 4 panel bi-fold door - it would only  protrude into the space in front of it by a foot or less.