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Nov 23 2018
Learn the Swedish Knife Grips
Posted by Gaston Monge-Grassi 24th of November 2018So far, we have put blogs about green woodwork, Kolrosing, Trug making and will be many more to come. Considering we are having a...
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Jun 08 2018
Soap Finish for Wood
Posted by Gaston Monge-Grassi 8th of June 2018Few months ago I met with fine furniture maker and woodworker Brian Reid and he mentioned a very efficient way to finish a piece of...
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Mar 21 2018
Trug Making and Coppicing Wood
Posted by Gaston Monge-Grassi 27th of April 2018During my last visit to Oamaru I had the pleasure to meet Bill Blair from "Coppice Crafts". His workshop looks like it was taken from...
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Mar 02 2018
Kolrosing
Posted by Gaston Monge-Grassi 8th of March 2018Here is another method I found quite interesting for decorating wood and described very well by Judy Ritger. All you need is a Kolrosing knife...
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Feb 15 2018
BENCHWORKS
Posted by Gaston Monge-Grassi 17th of February 2018Timothy Wilmots was born in Belgium on the family farm and he had no particular knowledge or interest in woodworking until the age...
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Feb 02 2018
Ammonia Fuming to Darken Wood
Posted on January 16th, 2018 by Gaston Monge-GrassiHow to darken wood high in tannins using Ammonia:Last year a friend of mine showed me a very old technique to darken wood...
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Oct 06 2017
The Naked Woodworker
Posted on October 6th, 2017 by Gaston Monge-GrassiMany of you might think the blog title sounds a bit dodgy, but trust me it is not. A few years ago I...
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Sep 21 2017
The Polissoir
Posted on September 22nd, 2017 by Gaston Monge-GrassiThis week we are writing about a french forgotten tool that is becoming more and more popular among woodworkers. For most modern woodworkers wax...
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May 22 2017
Thingamejig
This weeks blog is all about the Thingamejig, a unique and great little tool that has been designed to help you with scribing...The goal of scribing is to create a...
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