He describes the tools in use what to look for when picking them how to sharpen them as well as tips and tricks for using them.
Essential woodworking hand tools by paul sellers. The type of locking mechanism affects the position in which the gauge can be applied so owning more than one may be desirable. Paul sellers describes in very much detail the hand tools he works with and which are essential to him. With paul sellers book he wants to pass on not just his knowledge of hand tools but his enjoyment of them too. None of this is possible however without the tools themselves.
It is a manual for selecting sharpening and using a selection of hand tools that are vitally important to hand tool woodworking. It allows you to create in a small amount of space lasting items of use and beauty. Hand tool woodworking provides a direct connection to wood as a raw resource for creating. Chisels and gouges come next.
Essential woodworking hand tools is paul sellers latest book. Old stanleys and marples are his preferred makes. In this book paul sellers has put together the essential information about the tools that he considers to be essential to hand tool woodworking. Essential woodworking hand tools getting started has become evermore important to more and more people and i think the hand tools i use create a passage into lifestyle woodworking whether you earn your living from it or simply enjoy woodworking.
An essential feature is the ability to lock the blade rigidly in place. Sellers discusses firmer chisels bevel edged chisels mortise chisels and butt chisels.