Hide Glue - The Natural Choice By Geoff Doube Hide glue is a traditional adhesive that has been used in woodworking and other crafts for centuries. It is derived from collagen taken from animal hides, bones, or hooves, which is then processed into a gelatinous substance. This type of glue has unique properties and applications that make it the ideal choice for specific uses, particularly in fine woodworking, antique restoration, and musical instrument repairs. Read More 0 Comments
Router Bit Basics By Geoff Doube Router bits come in all shapes and sizes, but are basically all the same kind of thing: a steel shaft with cutters that is designed to rotate very quickly (up to 20,000rpm!) against the workpiece, removing material in thin slices. Read More 0 Comments
Setting Up a Wood Workshop with Limited Space – Part IV – The Workbench By Geoff Doube At its most basic, a workbench is a flat, sturdy work surface, with some provision for work holding. At its most elaborate, it is a complicated behemoth with drawers, cupboards, multiple vices, power outlets, cupholders…you get the picture. Read More 0 Comments
A Beginners Guide to Japanese Saws By Geoff Doube In a recent informal poll, Timbecon employees expressed an almost unanimous preference for them over their Western counterparts (with the exceptions remaining diplomatically neutral). But what makes Japanese saws so good? Read More 0 Comments
Walrus Oil By Geoff Doube Northern-hemisphere native, the Walrus, is a large marine mammal well known not only for their tusks and whiskers, but also for their habit of waxing lyrical before consuming defenceless oysters. Walrus Oil (not a by-product of a wanting skincare routine), is a US company who make a fantastic range of natural and environmentally-friendly wood finishes. Read More 0 Comments
CA Glue in the Workshop By Geoff Doube Many woodworkers have a secret weapon in their workshop. It’s not a fancy machine or an heirloom hand plane. It is in fact a small bottle of a chemical called ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate – better known to most people as ‘CA glue’ or ‘Super Glue’. And that latter name is pretty accurate. CA glue does more jobs, and quicker than any other common adhesive. A bottle, or three, of CA glue will be found in almost every woodworker’s workshop. Read More 0 Comments
A ‘bit’ About Drill Presses By Geoff Doube A woodworking workshop is incomplete without some way of putting holes in wood. And while hand-held drills will make holes successfully, they are inaccurate and underpowered. The fundamental hole-making machine that you will find in every good workshop is the drill press. Read More 0 Comments