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> <channel><title>Sandal Woods &#124; Fine Woodworking&#187; Hand tools</title> <atom:link href="http://sandal-woodsblog.com/category/tools/hand-tools/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com</link> <description>Woodworking with passion - The woodworking blog and podcast of Al Navas</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:20:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Some tools from another era</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/04/17/some-tools-from-another-era/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/04/17/some-tools-from-another-era/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:45:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pattern maker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vintage tools]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=11610</guid> <description><![CDATA[I estimate this pattern-maker&#8217;s box to be close to 100 years old (see the Gallery of photos at the end of the post); it was confirmed by a good friend, a dealer of old tools in the Eastern U.S. A local woodworker, now deceased, obtained it somehow; I knew his son, who let me know [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/04/17/some-tools-from-another-era/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Shaping edges with rasps and floats</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/04/14/shaping-edges-with-rasps-and-floats/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/04/14/shaping-edges-with-rasps-and-floats/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:25:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[file]]></category> <category><![CDATA[float]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Layout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rasp]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=11595</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have not discussed how to get the beveled sides of a large panel in the absence of a sliding table on the table saw. Paul in California caught this, and asked me how I did it. I can summarize it as follows: I cut close to the layout lines on the band saw, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/04/14/shaping-edges-with-rasps-and-floats/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kansas City event coming up in March</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/02/23/make-plans-to-attend-this-event-in-march/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/02/23/make-plans-to-attend-this-event-in-march/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:05:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lie-Nielsen Toolworks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand Tool Event]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kansas city]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=11020</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event is coming to the Kansas City Woodworkers Guild. Details follow &#8211; click on the image to enlarge it: The following is a &#8220;live&#8221; map; it will help you find your way around town if you are visiting for the first time. Click on the marker to get directions (you will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2011/02/23/make-plans-to-attend-this-event-in-march/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An old Millers Falls #1285C miter box</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/12/13/an-old-millers-falls-1285c-miter-box/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/12/13/an-old-millers-falls-1285c-miter-box/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:12:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joinery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shop tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backsaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disston]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mitre box]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=10289</guid> <description><![CDATA[After reading an article by Ron Herman in the Woodworking Magazine Blog, and the companion article in Popular Woodworking Magazine, I wanted a good miter box with its matching backsaw. Why? Because I can use it even when the power is off; because I don&#8217;t need dust collection for it; because&#8230;That&#8217;s what I kept telling [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/12/13/an-old-millers-falls-1285c-miter-box/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool event in Kansas City in less than 2 weeks!</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/03/15/the-lie-nielsen-hand-tool-event-in-kansas-city-this-coming-weekend/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/03/15/the-lie-nielsen-hand-tool-event-in-kansas-city-this-coming-weekend/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:14:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lie-Nielsen Toolworks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand Tool Event]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kansas city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[KCWWGuild]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=7437</guid> <description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I do not have any connection with Lie-Nielsen. As always, click on the images to enlarge them. The first of the Events in the Midwest in 2010, the Lie-Nielsen (LN) Hand Tool Event will take place in Kansas City in less than two weeks! The Kansas City Woodworkers Guild will host the Event at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/03/15/the-lie-nielsen-hand-tool-event-in-kansas-city-this-coming-weekend/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event is coming to Kansas City</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/01/13/the-lie-nielsen-hand-tool-event-is-coming-to-kansas-city/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/01/13/the-lie-nielsen-hand-tool-event-is-coming-to-kansas-city/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:06:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[event]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hand tool]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kansas city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lie-nielsen]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=5966</guid> <description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I do not have any connection with Lie-Nielsen. As always, click on the images to enlarge them. It is now official: The first of the Events in the Midwest in 2010, the Lie-Nielsen (LN) Hand Tool Event is coming to Kansas City at the end of March!  The Kansas City Woodworkers Guild will host [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2010/01/13/the-lie-nielsen-hand-tool-event-is-coming-to-kansas-city/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Czeck Edge tools on display at Woodworking in America at Valley Forge</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/10/15/the-czeck-edge-tools-on-display-at-woodworking-in-america-at-valley-forge/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/10/15/the-czeck-edge-tools-on-display-at-woodworking-in-america-at-valley-forge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Czeck Edge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dovetails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joinery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Layout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chisel]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=5040</guid> <description><![CDATA[Layout tools are critical in the shop, as they make it possible to mark a work piece accurately and clearly. And this is the sole reason for the existence of Czeck Edge Hand Tool. Bob Zajicek, Owner of Czeck Edge, sold out his new dovetail chisels at Valley Forge, as he had only a limited [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/10/15/the-czeck-edge-tools-on-display-at-woodworking-in-america-at-valley-forge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Sloane-Stanley Museum of Tools and Artwork in Kent, Connecticut</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/10/08/the-sloane-stanley-museum-of-tools-and-artwork-in-kent-connecticut/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/10/08/the-sloane-stanley-museum-of-tools-and-artwork-in-kent-connecticut/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:53:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New England]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sloane-Stanley Museum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[visit]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=4833</guid> <description><![CDATA[The sign to the Museum cannot be missed &#8211; but I missed it on the first pass: Today we planned to end our visit to three of the New England states, after looking for the best Fall foliage colors. I am happy to report that we found the colors at their peak in the Western [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/10/08/the-sloane-stanley-museum-of-tools-and-artwork-in-kent-connecticut/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Two marking gauges, one old and one new</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/08/28/two-marking-gauges-one-old-and-one-new/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/08/28/two-marking-gauges-one-old-and-one-new/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:56:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dovetails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joinery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Layout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hamilton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hamilton gauge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marking gauge]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=3974</guid> <description><![CDATA[I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that keeping your practice pieces will confirm the progress you have made. And I find this is true. Below is a photograph of my practice &#8220;bucket&#8221;, plus some of the more recent results of my hand-cut dovetail journey, with focus on very small joinery for very small [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/08/28/two-marking-gauges-one-old-and-one-new/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The bow saw in action</title><link>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/06/13/the-bow-saw-in-action/</link> <comments>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/06/13/the-bow-saw-in-action/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:54:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Navas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hand tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bow saw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[turning saw]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sandal-woodsblog.com/?p=3303</guid> <description><![CDATA[By now you know the mystery box contents revealed the bow saw from Gramercy Tools. The box was much larger than I anticipated, and for a very good reason: The saw was completely assembled, a nice and unexpected touch. After unpacking and tensioning the blade per the enclosed instructions (two turns of the toggle), I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://sandal-woodsblog.com/2009/06/13/the-bow-saw-in-action/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
