Carpentry: Building Furniture with Hand Tools
Workspace: Sharpening and Safety
A course by Israel Martín , Designer and Carpenter
About the video: Workspace: Sharpening and Safety
Overview
“In this lesson you will see that the workspace has to be orderly, both for your safety and to avoid damaging the tools or your work. I usually say that in the image of an artisan's workshop we can already sense the product that will come out of his hands.”
In this video lesson Israel Martín addresses the topic: Workspace: Sharpening and Safety, which is part of the Domestika online course: Carpentry: Building Furniture with Hand Tools. Learn how to create furniture out of wood with your own hands, from selecting material to the final touches.
Partial transcription of the video
“Workspace: Sharpening and Safety In this unit, we're going to talk about workspace, safety, and tool sharpening. Let's talk about sharpening your tools. Sharpening is a key part of your work and a key part of working safely. If your tools are dull, you have to exert more pressure, and by exerting more pressure and force, we lose control of it. Sharp tools such as chisels have a back and a bevel. The cutting edge is where back and bevel meet. The more polished the back and bezel surfaces, the better the edge. A sharp edge will allow us to have more control over the tool and leave a much more...”
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Course summary for: Carpentry: Building Furniture with Hand Tools
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking
Israel Martín
A course by Israel Martín
Israel Martín began making wood creations more than 20 years ago starting with small artisan pieces and furniture for his own house. Over the past 8 years he has specialized in the creation of pieces with hand tools.
Israel is a largely self-taught carpenter who has completed brief training sessions with industry names such as furniture maker Garrett Hack. He has also participated in organizing events in Madrid dedicated to wood like "Lignorium", with the aim of familiarizing people with the trade and his own work. His work has been featured in top English-language carpentry magazines such as Fine Woodworking, Australian Wood Review, and Furniture and Cabinet Making Magazine.
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