Page 1 of 2 Companion Websites We now have several companion sites which are devoted to a particular subject area. This might be of use for example, if you are considering the purchase of a scroll saw machine. The site deals in depth with most of the questions which might arise free of the clutter […]
Liogier rasps are manufactured in a small, family owned and run business near Lyon in France. These rasps have been produced at Liogier for many generations and are the gold standard for sculptors, cabinetmakers and any working of wood which requires hand shaping and finishing. Hand cut rasps out perform machine made rasps because of […]
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MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET GELITA NZ Ltd. DATE ISSUED: 23rd October 2001 DATE UPDATED: 30th April 2009 PREPARED / POWDERED GLUE NAME: GELITA NZ Ltd. ADDRESS: CONNAL STREET WOOLSTON, CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Ph: (03) 3843093 Fax: (03) 384 3231 TRADE NAME: DAVIS TECHNCIAL GELATINE CHEMICAL FORMULA: MIXED AMINO ACIDS CHEMICAL […]
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Japanese Sharpening & Honing Stones There are four major classes of Japanese woodworking tools and equipment which now have an established presence in specialist Western markets, saws, planes, chisels and stones. There are superlatives which apply to all of these and each offers a remarkably different experience to their Western equivalents; the saws cut […]
Japanese chef knives - generically known as hocho - have an unrivalled reputation for edge quality and retention and possess jaw droppingly beautiful aesthetics. There are several manufacturing - or perhaps a better word is making - techniques because the best and most revered of these hocho are hand made by master smiths who take […]
Of the several classes of Japanese woodworking tools which have been introduced to Western markets over the last few decades, it is hand saws which have been most widely accepted, followed probably in order by synthetic sharpening water stones (which also represent a remarkable advance on Western equivalents), chisels (which are in a class all […]
Japanese chisels from a reputable maker offer a unique chiselling experience and, provided they are used with care, hold their edges longer than all but the best Western equivalents. The feel is unique and the handles for those series fitted with rear striking ferrules will withstand blows from light steel hammers. There […]
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