Project Summary: A Red Gum Chair

The first thing any non-woodworker does (and some woodworkers, too…) to decide the quality of a piece of furniture is to run their finger tips across its surface. “Ahhh“, they affirm, “smooooooth.” The decision is instantly made: this piece is categorised as ‘good’. The human finger tip is a remarkable thing, capable of detecting a […]

The Studley Tool Cabinet Build Part 1

The Contents What makes it a *Studley* Cabinet? There are hundreds of fine examples of a tool cabinet, both wall mounted and standing. Rob Cosman has an enourmous standing cabinet that houses everything but the kitchen sink. Andy Rae has a beautiful and famous standing cabinet that houses his hand tools. But neither could be […]

$10 Dovetail Chisel

Ode to a ham-fisted oaf Tragedy hath befallen the Lunniss Furniture workshop. One of my beloved, and *expensive* (important later) Japanese chisels snapped. Now I must iterate that this was entirely my fault. Japanese chisels – in fact, most Japanese edge tools – are two piece of steel laminated together. The top is a soft […]

The Studley Tool Cabinet

An Obsession I recently went on my honeymoon, and to occupy my woodworking brain while a few thousand kays from my tools I took two books with me: Honest Labour, and Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of HO Studley. I didn’t read a single word of Honest Labour. To say the Studley Tool Cabinet […]