The English Woodworker

This video is part 5b of a 6 part course: Gearing Up For Chair Making: Pt 5b DOWNLOAD THE DRAWING TO BUILD YOUR OWN: METRIC | IMPERIAL Follow on YouTube My goal for this course is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to design & build your own chairs…

This video is part 5a of a 6 part course: Gearing Up For Chair Making: Pt 5a DOWNLOAD THE DRAWING TO BUILD YOUR OWN: METRIC | IMPERIAL Follow on YouTube My goal for this course is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to design & build your own chairs…

This video is part 4 of a 6 part course: Gearing Up For Chair Making: Pt 4 Follow on YouTube My goal for this course is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to design & build your own chairs from scratch.Once this is complete, I’ll come up with some…

This video is part 3 of a 6 part course: Gearing Up For Chair Making: Pt 3 Follow on YouTube My goal for this course is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to design & build your own chairs from scratch.Once this is complete, I’ll come up with some…

This video is part 2 of a 6 part course: Look out for a new part every week – Don’t forget to subscribe!

This video is part 1 of a 6 part course: Gearing Up For Chair Making: Pt 1 Look out for a new part every Thursday – Don’t forget to subscribe!

Often the sharpest tool in the box is the problem.

Watch more insights for working by hand.

Download the PDF Plan Join me for a simple build using only basic hand tools and hopefully pick up on a few tips and tricks along the way.

I can’t be the first to point out to you that the weather’s doing its thing and it’s really feeling like the time to start getting cosy.Usually I’d be panicking about being behind, like the year’s got away from me, but for once it’s lovely to be feeling in

It’s been a while – more on that later.

There’s a lot of choice when it comes to rip saws.

If you’ve seen a fair bit of my work then you’ll probably know that despite my love of keeping the tool kit minimal I’m a huge fan of the router plane.And this brings up a common question that I’ve decided to answer today – How do you keep your router pla…

Stuggling With Larger Edge Joints?

Every now and then I feel like I see something with new eyes.

In this post I share my favourite design for homemade clamps.

Sometimes the biggest challenge of a project can just be getting the wood to stay put while we try to work on it.

‘The Nest of Tables’ series is now complete!

This Build is an Exercise in Precision!

Right then, I finally got round to starting some of these question and answers.

CLICK HERE to download the drawing & build your own shooting board!

[Video Post] The router plane is one of those rare tools that seems to always be in my hand despite not really being an essential in my minimal tool kit.In doesn’t quite have the versatility of a chisel which can pretty much come in for anything.

Make Use Of Your Offcuts & Learn to Weave… all While Building This Delightful Danish Stool!

We're Building A Great Big Dining Table, Entirely by Hand… In a Tiny Space!

(By Helen)Ending up with a nice piece of furniture that you’ve made yourself is pretty satisfactory.But there’s more to worry about than just cutting the joints or polishing up the finish.

We’re About to Get Started With A New Project.

As you know, to become fast with hand tools you have to understand that perfection isn’t a thing.

Our Retro Sideboard build is now complete.

I was having a good old rummage through the timber store the other day and found an old off cut from a workbench top.

I want to ask how on Earth it’s Christmas already?