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		<title>The ‘51’ Shooter Chute Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We now offer a new board in our Shooting Board Line. It’s called the ‘51’ Shooter. It’s our Deluxe, Basic Plus and Basic Shooters made available in “Chute Style” for the LN 51 shooting board planes. While we have mentioned similar news of this recently, and have been offering chute adapter kits to be used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/12/16/the-%e2%80%9851%e2%80%99-shooter-chute-board/</link>
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		<title>Sewing Machine Oil. An Excellent Woodshop Lubricant.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of time I have had opportunity to observe how many oils and lubricants perform in the woodshop, and the trades. My Father and Grandfather used 3 in 1 oil in their shops, along with other brands of light machine oils available at the time. They also often used non-detergent 30-weight oil, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/12/01/985/</link>
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		<title>Tip:  Work to a line.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work to a line. Cut on the waste side of the line and leave the line on the work. Supporting Tip: Mark which side of the line will be the waste side. The waste side is the part you don&#8217;t intend to keep. This isn&#8217;t about measuring as much as it is about marking. Marking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/11/11/tip-work-to-a-line/</link>
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		<title>Shooting &#8220;Chute&#8221; Boards for the LN-51</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lie Nielsen released the LN 51 chute board plane in late fall 2010, and reviews of it’s performance have been very favorable. Based on the design of the Stanley 51, this shooting board plane seeks to have all the desirable qualities of enhanced usability and durability. It’s heavy, weighing in at 9 plus pounds and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/06/16/shooting-chute-boards-for-the-ln-51/</link>
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		<title>Where High Quality Matters.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woodworkers often ponder what matters to produce the highest quality outcomes in woodworking. Defining quality is the key. It is a combination of tooling and technique to be sure. There are times we can save money; there are times we should invest for the long haul from the beginning. It isn’t always about money as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/06/05/where-high-quality-matters/</link>
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		<title>A Sharpening &#8220;Horse-Butt&#8221; Strop for the Workbench.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have introduced a new leather strop sharpening system, that uses genuine horse butt leather, for helping maintain the finest edges on edge tools while they work. Maintaining an edge during the woodworking process provides higher levels of working sharpness from edge tools, promoting accurate cuts and joinery, smoother wood surface finish quality, and saves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/02/27/a-sharpening-strop-for-the-workbench/</link>
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		<title>The Bench End Planing Stop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve had some requests for more information about our new ‘Bench End Planing Stop’, because it works a bit differently than what woodworkers are accustomed to. Our new Planing Stop is the jointer planes helper, engineered to be a complete planing stop, meant to be easy to set up and use. When you wanna plane, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/02/16/the-bench-end-planing-stop/</link>
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		<title>New Products for 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years building shooting boards, our product line has grown through thoughts, ideas and suggestions. We have expanded to six shooting board models and many accessories for them. We continue to work on ways to expand shooting board capabilities. During this same time, we have developed other jigs for helping take woodworkers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2011/02/12/new-products-for-2011/</link>
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		<title>A Shooting Board for Picture Frames and Moldings.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some time now, we have wanted to add a shooting board for picture framing and moldings. It’s new for 2011, and it is available now. Working with picture frames and moldings in general presents a special set of circumstances when mitering. Often, the bottom and back of the molding are the only surfaces that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/12/23/a-shooting-board-for-picture-frames-and-moldings/</link>
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		<title>Getting High End Craftsmanship From Hand Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In The Craftsmanship of Dick Proenneke, we looked at how Dick took a number of hand tools into the Alaskan wilderness, and used them to homestead and create all the things he needed to live and survive. It was rustic carpentry from available timber that was felled, seasoned and milled by hand on site. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/11/26/getting-high-end-craftsmanship-from-hand-tools/</link>
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		<title>Cordless Tool Charger Safety: Put your Chargers on a Timer Circuit.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rechargeable tools ultimately need recharging. Most chargers will recharge batteries in less than two hours. Ordinarily we don’t give this process much thought, trusting that the charger will do what it is designed to do, provided we are using only the proper charger for the battery that we are charging. It seems to have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/11/21/cordless-tool-charger-safety-put-your-chargers-on-a-timer-circuit/</link>
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		<title>Safety and Mindfulness, It’s a mind/body process.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safety is something we should keep in mind always when we are in the shop. The same is true for hobbies and vocational tasks. While I realize there is an established woodworking safety week established in early May, the prime time for most woodworkers to be in their shops is right now, because the holidays [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/11/18/safety-and-mindfulness-it%e2%80%99s-a-mindbody-process/</link>
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		<title>The Craftsmanship of Dick Proenneke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years back, PBS, Public Broadcasting, began showing a few videos that have been produced about the life of Richard L “Dick” Proenneke. (1916-2003) The titles of these videos are: “Alone in the Wilderness”, “Alaska, Silence and Solitude”, and “The Frozen North”. Most people who have seen any of these, have more than likely seen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/10/22/the-craftsmanship-of-dick-proenneke/</link>
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		<title>Shooting Boards at WIA 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been thinking about buying an Evenfall Studios Shooting Board for your own shop, and have wanted to see one in person, maybe even try it out a bit before you decide to place an order for one of your own, then Woodworking in America, October 1-3 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/09/24/shooting-boards-at-wia-2010/</link>
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		<title>Function: Show. eh, I got nothin&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I do like to write about woodworking, and tools, both hand and power tools, but I have been busy building tools&#8230; Evidently I am NOT comparatively busy as the folks who made the following video. Busy does not really adequately express these folks&#8230; I&#8217;m thinking over exuberant, with double down on imagination&#8230; For those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/08/02/function-show-eh-i-got-nothin/</link>
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		<title>Surface Prep and Finish, Thoughts and Observations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently a great question was asked about finish surface preparation for stains, oils, and coating type finishes with hand planes. It was regarding the finish a plane leaves, if sanding is necessary, and which grits are appropriate. It’s a great question. Let’s explore the options. In many woods, a planed surface will leave a surface [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/04/24/surface-prep-and-finish-thoughts-and-observations/</link>
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		<title>The Care and Feeding of Granite Surface Plates in the Shop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Granite Surface Plates are the world standard for flatness in any shop. There are a number of places you can get them and the pricing on these tools varies widely. It is important to note that for most of us, they needn’t cost more than necessary. There are a lot of great things to know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/04/04/the-care-and-feeding-of-granite-surface-plates-in-the-shop/</link>
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		<title>In Search of Hollows and Rounds?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you been combing eBay in hopes of finding vintage sets or individual planes of the Hollows and Rounds variety? I&#8217;m happy to help get the word out that there is a new plane maker on the scene that may be able to help. Matt Bickford Photo. In recent times the desire for these planes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/03/27/in-search-of-hollows-and-rounds/</link>
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		<title>Woodworking Haiku</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staring at woodgrain chatoyance dances with light– the beauty revealed. ~ &#8212; ~ What hath brute strength wrought where finesse has shown cunning? wisdom, woodworker. ~ &#8212; ~ Ponder gnarled grain twisting, turning, catching light the path is simple. ~ &#8212; ~ The least resistance sharpness is known to coerce wood can only sigh. ~ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/03/24/woodworking-haiku/</link>
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		<title>Usable Hand Tool Storage? Thank Mr. C.A. Jewett.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walt Quattro is a really cool guy who has a really cool used record store in Waterbury, CT that &#60;looks right, looks left&#62; secretly doubles as a vintage tool store. &#60;but please, keep that to yourself, eh?&#62; Walt’s place is Brass City Records and Tools. Those who know Walt know that he is known to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2010/02/23/usable-hand-tool-storage-thank-mr-c-a-jewett/</link>
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		<title>Woodworks Store Updates 11/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It started out as just one model. I wanted a shooting board that would provide calibration, accuracy, overcome wood movement, and allow the user a choice between more than one shooting angle. It took some consideration. I wanted a platform that was durable and stable, big enough to support the usual work most commonly accomplished [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/11/27/woodworks-store-updates-1109/</link>
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		<title>The Case for Long Grain Shooting Boards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shooting boards are very handy for fine trims that clean the rough sawn edges left by saws, power tools and shop machines, so the wood is looking it’s very best, and even made as accurate fitting as can be. But even as we do this most commonly on end grain, end grain is not the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/11/23/the-case-for-long-grain-shooting-boards/</link>
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		<title>Musings from the left side of the Table Saw.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bet you were thinking I was going to associate woodworking with left hemisphere brain functions. Well, depending on how you think of it, woodworking is probably a craft that uses both sides of the brain, so possibly, maybe. But actually, I was going to touch on some thoughts and problem solving on the left side [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/08/18/musings-from-the-left-side/</link>
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		<title>Not Fade Away, Ode to a Shop Buddy.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not fade away… A nearly perfect Buddy Holly song… Today, as I try to write this, Monday June 29, was a tough sad day. I had to say goodbye to a well-loved friend, and one of the coolest spirits I have ever known. Boomer. 1997 &#8211; 6-29-2009 A cancerous abdominal tumor began growing in his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/06/30/not-fade-away/</link>
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		<title>Shooting Boards and they&#8217;re Red Hot!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shooting Boards and they&#8217;re red hot, yes we’ve got em&#8217; for sale! I have to thank the early bluesman Robert Johnson, for the inspiration on the title here. I have been getting some email reminding me to come up for air and write a little bit here, as I have been working with my head [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/05/12/shooting-boards-and-their-red-hot/</link>
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		<title>Introducing a Shooting Board from Evenfall Studios.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the coolest things about hand planes is the finish they leave behind. We have all seen the finish quality they are capable of free hand, but when you put hand planes on jigs, a door is opened and passed through where clean, straight, and angular accuracy becomes something that is hard to obtain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/03/29/introducing-a-shooting-board-from-evenfall-studios/</link>
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		<title>Recent Updates to the &#8220;Woodworks Library&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome Back! I just thought I would let everyone know about recent changes and updates to the Woodworks Library. The Woodworks Library is a collection of woodworking books, which includes a number of topical books that are not specifically about woodworking, but are related to, and of possible interest to woodworkers. There are a number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/03/17/recent-updates-to-the-woodworks-library/</link>
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		<title>Reducing Tear Out when Wood Planing&#8230; By Hand!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it seems like an odd name to call the process, but it is based in science, and what happens to wood while being worked isn&#8217;t really any different when you are going slow with hand tools. Planing woods is a process that has a number of considerations, which require their needs met all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2009/02/15/tearout-and-wood-machining-by-hand/</link>
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		<title>Shop Space Comfort. A Shop Heater for the Winter.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got Shop Comfort? Woodworking season comes around yearly, with Labor Day behind us, many of the summer outdoor oriented activities and chores are soon to be waning. The colder weather will be along soon enough to push us in and keep us indoors. This is good, it spawns the need to be creative through other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/09/10/shop-space-comfort/</link>
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		<title>The Foibles of Tape Measures. The Best, and getting the most from one.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the average user of a retractable tape, there can be some usages of a tape measure that unwittingly reduce its accuracy. Basically, many people are not even aware of these details. I did say usages, but there are also problems inherent with the way a tape measure is made, that for fine work, render [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/08/19/the-foibles-of-tape-measures/</link>
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		<title>Building the 5-Gallon Thien Separator for your Shop Vacuum.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adapting the Thien Baffle to a 5-gallon bucket isn’t hard, and overall; it is going to reduce a lot of the suction clogging dust that gets to the filter of any shop vac. I feel it is a worthy addition to the shop vac portion of your dust collection system, so here is the stuff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/06/27/building-the-5_gallon-thien-separator/</link>
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		<title>Improving Shop Vac Dust Collection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like most of us in woodworking, the shop vac is generally a rather central figure, and pulls the short straw on helping keep dust and waste collected in the workspace. The shop vac’s primary design is based around vacuuming smallish sized particulates, usually dirt into a canister, with a motor drawing air through a filter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/05/17/improving-shop-vac-dust-collection/</link>
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		<title>Creativity in Hardware Storage: Altoid Tins.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the evolution of a woodworkers development… A development which never ends by the way, a person observes design, considers various methods of joinery, acquires the tools that coincide with their preferences for the various methods of work, develops a style they enjoy as they continue to grow, and accumulates a TON of hardware along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/05/09/creativity-in-hardware-storage/</link>
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		<title>The Challenges to Squareness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yup. The Challenges to Squareness. You didn’t actually think this was going to be easy did you? Well, it isn’t always, but I think the endeavor of overcoming some of these challenges can make things better, especially if you like taking good to great. Knowing what some of the issues can be, and how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/05/03/the-challenges-to-squareness/</link>
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		<title>The Constructs of Squareness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prevalence of the right angle in engineered structure is probably second only to the straight line in order of importance. Engineered structures in wood are often using plane geometry to help describe and document what they are and how to build them. Much of the way we think about civil engineering, architecture, woodworking, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/29/the-constructs-of-squareness/</link>
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		<title>Edge Tool Sharpness and Flatness, The Fast Track.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[…Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Honing. (Dr. Strangelove has nothing on us.) Ok, this is a little longish, but there is no substantial way to provide a sharpening primer in a sound bite. I&#8217;ve tried to write about what will work well overall, without getting too focused on too many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/22/sharpness-flatness-godness-agnes/</link>
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		<title>Improve your Sharpening with a Portable Sharpening Station</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lets face it, sharpening can be a big undertaking. Many edge tools we bring in our shops will benefit from having a flattened back and the optimum bevel angle for the task it is meant to do. Streamlining the process is possible, and most of that comes from organizing the honing gear so it can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/13/a-portable-sharpening-station/</link>
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		<title>The Utility of the Straightedge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Precision refers to the amount of dimensional accuracy or incremental refinement used when something is made, and can be attributed to the quality of the layout, workmanship, or machine set up. Accuracy refers to the confirmation of dimensional tolerances. Dimensional tolerances differ with the various types of projects a woodworker will commonly undertake. The set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/06/the-utility-of-the-straightedge/</link>
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		<title>A Tour of the Evenfall Woodworks Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all! Thanks for stopping by! It is nice to see so many people dropping by and looking around. The Woodworks here is a work in progress and will grow over time. I thought I would take a few moments to show you around, so that while you are here you will be able to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/04/a-tour-of-the-woodworks/</link>
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		<title>The Woodworks Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amongst the many dilemmas facing the woodworker, just a few are what to build and how to build it, but even as those questions seem like early ones in the process, the earlier ones considered are even more elementary. The nature and ways of wood, joinery, adhesives, and style are all things that need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/04/02/the-woodworks-library/</link>
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		<title>Understanding Fractions, The Key to High Accuracy When Measuring.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to have that little talk with you about, Fractions. Yeah. But the plan is, if all goes well, that it won’t hurt – as much as it did last time. Working in sub inch territory usually involves the use of little buggers. The problem many people have when working with fractions, is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/31/understanding-fractional-accuracy/</link>
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		<title>John Barleycorn Must Die. The History of Measurement.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The way measurement is handled in the United States, and to some degree the UK and Canada, depending on the person’s age, is the foot. The foot has an interesting history, and there are a couple different accounts you can go with, but it has its beginnings in the Roman Empire. Before the world was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/24/john-barleycorn-must-die-4/</link>
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		<title>Using Cross Dowels for Knockdown Joinery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big thing about using steel cross dowels for knock down construction is that your layout must be absolutely meticulous. I have, and continue to use these a lot in jig construction, but there are a lot of other great applications. While a lot can be done with these, a common application is for use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/23/using-cross-dowels/</link>
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		<title>Metrology, The study of accurate measurement.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metrology is defined as the science of measurement. More particularly for the woodworker or the home shop machinist/toolmaker, one of the divisions of metrology, which is of particular interest, is applied or industrial metrology. This is about the application of measurement, the suitability of measuring instruments, their calibration, and the quality of the measurements they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/18/metrology/</link>
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		<title>For Layout and Marking, Chalk is cheap!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Layout work is a tedious and exacting part of woodworking. We select boards for size and grain orientation. We hope this is in part, the “art” of our work that separates our project from that which is good, to that of greatness. We sharpen our tools and skills, we buy accurate measuring and marking tools [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/15/chalk-is-cheap/</link>
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		<title>Tooling up with Hand Tools? The Big List.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in early February 2008, an interesting thread was started on Woodnet.net. Bob Feeser, rfeeser to those who may look for his writings, was asked by a friend to ”provide a list of what tools a well-equipped small, machine-free shop might have”. So he consulted some texts he had on hand and “enhanced” it. Turned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/10/tooling-up/</link>
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