Tag Archives: rabbet block plane

15° Boxes Progress

Posted on April 6, 2017 by woodworksbyjohn

As I mentioned in my latest blog titled the Week in Review one of the projects I was working on was the 15° box. It’s a variation of the slanted dovetail series of boxes I began building a couple of years … Continue reading →

Posted in Hand Cut Dovetails, Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Tutorial | Tagged corrugated jointer plane, dovetail layout, Hock Tools, Lee Valley Small Plow Plane, Portrait Artists of Arizona, rabbet block plane, Stanley #7, tails first dovetail, Veritas small plow plane | 1 Comment

Utility Sink Progress

Posted on March 4, 2017 by woodworksbyjohn

The Utility Sink project is one that really keeps with my “hybrid woodworking” philosophy. In this project there are 8 sets of mortise and tenon joints, probably one of the most used joints in woodworking until pocket hole joinery, biscuits, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Utility Sink, YouTubeVideo | Tagged bandsaw work, block plane, Bowsaw, CME Woodworks, hand beader, hand cut chamfer, hand plane, hybrid woodwork, Lee Valley gauge blocks, leg taper, Lie-Nielsen #66, Marc Spagnuolo, rabbet block plane | 2 Comments

First Hand-cut Dovetails in Over a Year!

Posted on February 16, 2017 by woodworksbyjohn

Hard to believe isn’t it? It sure was for me when I calculated the time. The last big dovetailed project was my Armoire, then Diane and I did our 6 month Scottsdale adventure where my focus was carving and gilding … Continue reading →

Posted in Etsy Store, Hand Cut Dovetails, Hand Planes, Hand Tool Woodworking, Tutorial | Tagged correcting errors, handout dovetail, HillBilly Daiku, Lie-Nielsen #66, rabbet block plane, scribe joints, shouldered joints, smooth plane, Stanley 140 trick, woodworking mistakes | 2 Comments

Why I Love Working Wood!

Posted on January 26, 2017 by woodworksbyjohn

You can do the math but my earliest recollections of working with wood go all the way back to elementary school in the 50’s when I made a tug boat out of a piece of balsa wood. Also remember my … Continue reading →

Posted in Home Remodel, Picture Frames | Tagged custom picture frame, Monkeypod Wood, picture frame, rabbet, rabbet block plane, router shaping, smoothing plane | Leave a comment

Dovetailed Boxes with Spalted Maple Lid

Posted on August 31, 2013 by woodworksbyjohn

Work is progressing nicely on the sliding lid, dovetailed boxes using the pieces of Spalted Maple I received as a gift. If you recall my last post I referred to this wood as being “punky” — wonder what that means? … Continue reading →

Posted in Sliding Lid Box | Tagged custom box, dovetail, Lie-Nielsen planes, rabbet block plane, Spalted Maple, wooden box design, wooden craft boxes, wooden memory box | Leave a comment