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Wood Slivers

Vic Tesolin

A new article every Thursday and almost-daily tips and strategies from the shop, helping you build better, avoid dumb mistakes, and stop letting the algorithm pick your next woodworking decision.

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Stop Searching for Tools

I spent 14 years in the Canadian Army, and whether I realized it or not, a lot of the systems we used for efficiency followed me into civilian life, and eventually into my woodworking shop.

This will be a theme in future posts because the...

11 days ago
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You’re Probably Overthinking Sharpening

Sharpening might be the most overthought part of woodworking. Not joinery. Not design. Not finishing. Sharpening.

Woodworkers love to turn it into philosophy. Wear bevels. Secondary bevels. Hollow grinds. Flat grinds. Ruler tricks. Buffing...

18 days ago
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The Sharpening Trick Nobody Quotes Correctly

There are certain woodworking techniques that become gospel. Someone respected says it, enough people repeat it, and before long it becomes “the way.”

The ruler trick is one of those.

If you’ve somehow avoided the sharpening rabbit hole,...

a month ago
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Built Before Marketing Took Over

A solid machine

A lot of people get excited about “smart” tools now: Bluetooth. Touchscreens. Digital readouts. Firmware updates, apps. Somewhere along the way, tool companies decided that what woodworkers really wanted was for their drill...

a month ago
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Before YouTube

Let me set the scene. Picture it, Almonte, Ontario in Rosewood Studio’s first location. The school is full of both long-term students (me) and those who showed up for the week to attend a design class delivered by Michael Fortune. The conve...

2 months ago
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