Equipment

A hinge leaf recess is shallow, but the surrounding jamb is easy to damage. The usual culprit is levering out […]

How bevel angle changes a chisel A chisel’s bevel angle is the angle between its cutting edge and the flat

Skirting and architrave fitting is mostly measuring, cutting and getting joints to close without forcing them. A small, sharp kit

A mixed carpentry kit usually fails at the same point: sharp tools end up sharing a pocket with pencils, rules

Build the kit around trim work A trim carpenter’s site kit should handle layout, fitting, fastening, and small corrections without

Start with the work, not the number of pockets First-fix carpentry means measuring, cutting and fastening framing, grounds, noggins and

Dark, open-grained or weathered timber can swallow a pencil line just when you need it most. The fix is not

What a story stick does A story stick is a length of straight stock marked with the positions you need