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Douglas Brooks
Douglas Brooks is a gifted writer and teacher as well as a highly skilled maker of Japanese wooden boats. He was recently in Australia as a guest of Japanese Tools Australia. Douglas had just finished running a two-week Japanese boatbuilding workshop
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Rebuilding a Stanley No 52
The Stanley tool company built both the No 51 chute plane and the No 52 chute board from 1909 until 1943. That makes any Stanley No 51 or 52 at least 80 years old. The plane itself has No 51 cast into its body. The plane is designed to fit into a chu
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Serpentine Chest
The serpentine style has a nearly four-century-old history, dating back to one of the most immoderate periods of French design. A traditional serpentine chest often featured ornate trim and gaudy carvings, and would look far more at home in the Palac

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