Category: Hand Tool Basics

I bought my first 22″ hand saw from Harbor Freight. The teeth are impulse hardened and sharp, but I struggle every time I use it. Mostly when I try to start a cut and sometimes during the cut. The saw would stuck when I try to start a cut so I naturally pushed harder hoping…

We could put the edge quality of a tool into one of three categories: sharp, dull, or dull to the point it won’t cut anything. When we talk about “A sharp tool is a safe tool”, we are not talking about the last case because the tool is unusable in that state. What is considered…

A sharp plane blade is a joy to use. It will produce the most satisfying wood curls from the throat of the plane. In this video, I will share my tips and tricks of freehand sharpening plane blades. I learned most of the skills from Paul Sellers but I also used other techniques from different…