Hand Tool Woodworking

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For discussing woodworking with hand tools. Machines are fine but we focus on the manual techniques here: Carving, joining, Sloyd/Slöjd/Sløyd/Sløjd, spring-pole lathe turning, planing, shaving, bending, basketry, etc. All levels of experience are welcome.

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Almost done with my first project (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by softsoupcat to c/[email protected]

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Got some more shaping to do on the top. Not sure how I'm going to finish it yet. Can you put renaissance wax over poly?

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[–] AMillionMonkeys 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you go all the way to making a shaving horse and using draw knives and stuff? It looks like the chair making rabbit hole can get pretty deep.

[–] softsoupcat 2 points 1 year ago

I've been looking into and reading about it. It looks pretty easy to make your own shave horse. I bought some super cheap draw knives and need to learn how to sharpen. I think all the green woodworking and chair making stuff is really neat. I just don't really love the way most staked furniture looks.