AN ON-DEMAND ELEARNING COURSE
MASTERING HAND TOOLSÂ WITH CHRISTOPHER SCHWARZ
Learn the Benefits of Hand Tools in this comprehensive video course.
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SIGN UP NOWHost Christopher Schwarz starts off by asking the question, "Why use Hand Tools?" A fair question that he quickly answers by extolling the benefits of traditional woodworking tools — blended with some of the niceties of power tools. Those benefits include a healthier work environment, fewer jigs and test cuts, and accuracy to within .001". In Mastering Hand Tools, Chris introduces you to the basic hand tool skills to turn you into a woodworker equally comfortable in either the powered or hand tool world — and offer the best results from each world. Watch along as Chris offers advice on selecting hand tools, shares tips for set-up and puts the tools to work.
Learn About:
Selecting and using Handsaws and Rasps
Sharpening and using Jack planes and Smoothing planes
Choosing and using marking knives and gauges and cutting gauges
The benefits of Braces and Hand Drills
Plus, more about Chisels, Mallets, Scrapers and Router Planes
CHRISTOPHER SCHWARZ
Christopher Schwarz is a former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, where he worked between 1996 and 2011. He is currently the publisher of Lost Art Press in Covington, KY. He has produced numerous DVDs for Popular Woodworking and for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on traditional skills. He is also the author the “The Anarchist's Design Book” (Lost Art Press) among several others.