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August 21, 2009 by Al Navas (Sandal Woods) · Leave a Comment 

Christopher Schwarz, Editor of Popular Woodworking and Woodworking magazines, has written at least two reviews of the Czeck Edge Hand Tool layout tools. His most recent review,  on the marking knives and bird cage awls, appeared in the August 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking.
The Czeck Edge (Bob Zajicek, Owner) display at Woodworking in America in [...]

#35. WIA – Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use, Part 3 of 3

November 27, 2008 by Al Navas (Sandal Woods) · 2 Comments 

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Run time: 23 minutes, 02 seconds

This is Part 3 of 3 of the session on Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use, with Christopher Schwarz. Part3 concludes the series on scrapers.
To get some continuity from Part 2 into Part 3, I included the last 3 minutes from Part 2 as the introduction to this [...]

#34. WIA – Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use, Part 2

November 26, 2008 by Al Navas (Sandal Woods) · Leave a Comment 

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Run time: 32 minutes, 37 seconds

Note: I split this session into three parts, for easier downloading of the high-resolution file, and viewing in shorter segments. I apologize for the clumsy tripod movements – for example, at around 50 seconds into the video, the camera came close to hitting the floor. But everything [...]

#33. WIA – Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use, Part 1

November 24, 2008 by Al Navas (Sandal Woods) · 2 Comments 

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Run time: 34 minutes, 30 seconds

Christopher Schwarz, Editor of Popular Woodworking (PW) magazine, does a terrific job in this session. He is entertaining, and has an uncanny ability to convey his message accurately and succinctly. I split this session into three parts, for easier downloading and viewing. This is the high-resolution video (as [...]

“Now if you’ll excuse me…”

January 26, 2008 by Al Navas (Sandal Woods) · 2 Comments 

Now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to the shop to fiddle with my square, saw and pricker.— Christopher Schwarz, Jan. 26, 2008
And so signs off Chris his latest entry, “Fascination with Fore Planes“, which appeared today on his personal blog at Lost Art Press: Blog. From his entry I learned a new word, one [...]