Q.Is the problem tear out or casehardening? A: First question. Tear out is caused when the knife is unable to cut a chip from the wood as easily as it can break a chip. The break follows the grain ...

It’s one of those jobs you simply can’t think too hard about. You know it’s going to be hot, itchy, dusty, dirty and downright wearing on a person. And it doesn’t matter how small the job is, when it ...