This Saturday’s Open Wire will be hosted by Matt Bickford, owner/planemaker at M.S. Bickford, which offers reproductions of 18th-century-style British moulding planes.
Matt is the author of “Mouldings in Practice,” and he worked with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks to release a DVD with the same name. Both the book and DVD illustrate the process of creating moulding profiles using a simple set of tools. He is currently writing a new book for Lost Art Press detailing the process of making the various tools that he offers.
Open Wire will go live at about 7 a.m. for questions (post them in the comments), and Matt will stop in as his time allows to answer. Comments will close at around 5 p.m. Eastern.
I keep seeing this “Open Wire” every so often. I have a few of Matt’s planes and would like to watch/listen in. How can I do this? Also, let Matt know that I’m looking to get a complete half-set of rounds and hollows, if that helps! 😉
Well you cannot watch or listen in, as these Open Wires are not broadcasts – they are Q&A sessions in the Comments section of the weekly Open Wire blog posts that appear every Saturday, i.e. the same comments section where you wrote your question, and I am writing this answer, except in the appropriate posts.
If you look at the comments from e.g. last week’s Open Wire, you should get the idea …
Howdy from the high desert of New Mexico.
What motivated you to become a maker of moulding planes?