working by hand
A site that looks at the human use of tools and things.
- By Mike
- Based in Canada
- Roughly three posts per month
- First post on
Posts per month
| Month starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| Dec 2022 | 1 |
| Jan 2023 | 5 |
| Feb 2023 | 3 |
| Mar 2023 | 2 |
| Apr 2023 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 1 |
| Jul 2023 | 1 |
| Aug 2023 | 1 |
| Sep 2023 | 4 |
| Oct 2023 | 2 |
| Nov 2023 | 1 |
| Dec 2023 | 3 |
| Jan 2024 | 5 |
| Feb 2024 | 6 |
| Mar 2024 | 6 |
| Apr 2024 | 2 |
| May 2024 | 1 |
| Jun 2024 | 4 |
| Jul 2024 | 3 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
Wedged mortise and tenon joints are quite common, but wedged dovetails are somewhat rare. Now it is said that the wedged dovetail was historically used to fill dovetails containing gaps. It could also be that …
Humans started making tools some 2.6 million years ago. That’s a long time for product development, and to get rid of the kinks from a tool. But are we at the point now where we …
It’s fun looking through old catalogs, especially those from Lee Valley (and Veritas). I picked up the 1999/2000 catalog and realized that this was the first time the Veritas Low-Angle Block Plane appeared. It was …