Post a picture of work made using Hand Tools.

[Jeff Heath]

Thank you. It was, literally, the nicest and easiest timber I've ever worked. Planes like butter. Probably why it's (sadly) almost extinct.

[John Schtrumpf]

Made as a Christmas present, an oven squirrel.

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[Jim Koepke]

Made as a Christmas present, an oven squirrel.

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Is that a push/pull handle for oven racks?

jtk

[John Schtrumpf]

Is that a push/pull handle for oven racks?

jtk

Yes, tail is the handle, behind the ears is the hook to pull, and between the chin and legs is the push.

[Allen Jordan]

Oskar, those planes and saws look amazing. Is hornbeam hard to work?

[Oskar Sedell]

asome plane oskar! jerry

Thanks Jerry!

[Oskar Sedell]

Very nice Ernest. Never seen axe mortising nor a mortising axe before. Impressive precision!

[Oskar Sedell]

Oskar, those planes and saws look amazing. Is hornbeam hard to work?

Thank you Allen! No, I didn't find it particularily hard to work. My board is nice and straight grained. Ripping and planing the blank to size was easy, and even though it's hard, the mortising was ok.

[ernest dubois]

Very nice Ernest. Never seen axe mortising nor a mortising axe before. Impressive precision!

Thanks Oskar. Of all people I thought you would be the one to recognize a kreuzaxt. Mine is coming out of Germany where it has a special status in the circles of traditional building carpenters and yet knowledge of its use seems to be disappearing from our planet.

[Bruce Haugen]

Thank you. It was, literally, the nicest and easiest timber I've ever worked. Planes like butter. Probably why it's (sadly) almost extinct.

Jeff, were those bow ties to close up a crack or did your daughter just like them? Very nice desk. I agree with you about the mahogany. I made a tv cabinet twenty some years ago, and I’d never worked with wood so nice.

[Jeff Heath]

Jeff, were those bow ties to close up a crack or did your daughter just like them? Very nice desk. I agree with you about the mahogany. I made a tv cabinet twenty some years ago, and I’d never worked with wood so nice.

There was a check. I closed it with epoxy (any glue would do, but I added a very thin black dye streak....maybe you can see it in the picture. I know where to look), but added the bow-ties for her visual pleasure. She would have wanted them even if the wood had no check in it. They help, but certainly weren't necessary. The check was in the original board, which was about 11' long. It went just past the 3' mark, and I needed 48", so......better safe than sorry. Thanks for the compliment.