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
Bevel Envy - Sharpening by hand - A simple step by step guide Sharpening induced anxiety is better known as Bevel Envy. A debilitating condition that affects a broad range of woodworking practitioners. This may seem like a joke, yet if you are unable to sharpen well for whatever reason - it will limit you in the craft. Read More
Freud - Manufacturers of Exceptional Carbide Tools Freud is a worldwide leading manufacturer of woodworking carbide saw blades, router bits and shaper cutters. The company’s name “Freud” isn’t a family name such as “Sigmund Freud”, the name is a combination of “Fre” that is short for “fresa” (the Italian word for cutter), and “Ud,” the abbreviation of “Udine” (pronounced “OO-dee-nay”), the Italian city where the Freud company was founded in 1962. Read More
Luthier Luke Kallquist and the immaculate work of guitar makers I was working for Gregory Machinery at the time, when in walks this skinny looking hipster wanting to buy a drum sanding machine. Read More