When I’m not reaching for a pencil I’m likely to be reaching for one of the little tools sitting on a slice of reclaimed mahogany that I use more than all the tools on ToolboxBlog.com. Oddly enough, I only bought a few of them. It’s interesting how some of the tools I appreciate the most [...]
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Tool: Cold Steel Trail Boss Camp Axe For thousand of years the Axe has been a quintessential tool for humankind. Once an integral part of every carpenter’s tool box, the axe is rich with symbolism, history and function. An Axe is a bad-ass tool in the hands of a carpenter and the Trail Boss was [...]
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Tool: Bahco Carbide Scraper The Bahco Carbide Scraper is of my favorite tools! I know that may seem odd since I’m a carpenter, not a painter, but this carbide scraper does it’s job perfectly which is more than I can say for most tools. I was reunited with my lost Sandvik Carbide Scraper today prompting [...]
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Tool: Sorby Micro Turning Set As a carpenter, I don’t get to put my lathe to much use. As a homeowner with a penchant for furniture making I get a chance to crank out a few turned pieces over the year. Even after a decade of hobby-type interest in the lathe I feel like a [...]
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Tool: Carbide Cement Board Cutter. This is a great tool for a miserable task, cutting Cement Board. My first experience with WonderBoard® was far from wonderful. Even now that I’m fairly proficient with this material dealing with it still sucks. It’s hard, it scratches, it’s heavy and it’s difficult to cut. I don’t mind putting [...]
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