Mastering Hand Tools

Mastering Hand Tools will introduce you to the basic hand tool skills to turn you into a woodworker equally comfortable in either the powered or hand tool world - and offer the best results from each world. Host Christopher Schwarz starts off the video by asking the question, "Why use Hand Tools?" A fair question that he quickly answers by extolling the benefits of traditional woodworking tools - blended with some of the niceties of power tools. Those benefits include a healthier work environment, fewer jigs and test cuts, and accuracy to within .001 in. Watch along as Chris offers advice on selecting hand tools, shares tips for set-up and puts the tools to work.

Learn About:

• Choosing and using marking knives and gauges and cutting gauges
• Sharpening and using Jack planes and Smoothing planes
• Selecting and using Handsaws and Rasps
• The benefits of Braces and Hand Drills
• and more about Chisels, Mallets, Scrapers and Router Planes