Plain talk and other conversations from the woodshop Archive

• Nature #1: Squirrel Den - 07-02-2014 05:25 AM | 16 comments

  We have recently had squirrels showing up in the yard and decided to encourage them to stay. My ...

• Bit Braces #3: Bit Gauges - 05-05-2014 03:34 AM | 11 comments

  I have a couple of styles of Stanley Bit Gauges that I thought may be of interest to folks using ...

• Bit Braces #2: Side by Side Photographic Comparisons of Some Quality Bit Braces - 10-12-2013 03:15 AM | 9 comments

  Just some photos I took tonight that I thought I would share so you could see some of the braces ...

• Bit Braces #1: Braces to look for - 10-10-2013 11:11 PM | 44 comments

  Thought I would share the list of bit braces that I am tracking. The list has been compiled from...

• Tool Making #2: Does anyone know the thickness and lenght of a E C STEARNS Hollow Auger Bit? - 10-05-2013 04:54 AM | 13 comments

  I’m looking to make a replacement blade for a hollow auger. I know the blade is one inch w...

• Handplane Reference #8: Bench Plane Screw Sizes. - 10-03-2013 06:05 PM | 13 comments

  Collecting this information from a variety of web resources. Please watch the type of thread as ...

• Shop Tools #21: Stanley 66 Hand Beader - 10-01-2013 03:57 AM | 10 comments

  I have wanted one of these for quite a while and last week the gods of eBay smiled upon me. The ...

• Shop Tools #20: Union 42 Tongue and Groove Plane - 09-28-2013 03:01 AM | 10 comments

  Another tool is moving into the toolbox and taking up residence. This one is a Union 42 tongue a...

• Jameson and Co. 5" Brace - 09-27-2013 04:12 PM | 8 comments

  I got this 5” sweep brace as part of an eBay tool lot. This is actually the first brace I ...

• Shop Tools #19: Stanley 140 - 09-27-2013 02:27 AM | 10 comments

  Documenting the addition of another plane to the tool box. This one is a #140 Rabbet and block p...

• In the shop #1: Back to work - Simple Cutting board - 09-22-2013 11:53 PM | 22 comments

  I’ve been out of the shop for quite a while for a variety of reasons. Recently, I’ve ...

• Shop Tools #18: Record 044 Combination Plane #2 - 09-19-2013 10:53 PM | 10 comments

  Documenting the addition of my second Record 044 Plough plane to the shop. This one only came wi...

• Shop Tools #17: Stanley Bedrock 605 1/2c - 08-30-2013 12:22 AM | 7 comments

  Again documenting another plane. I believe this is a type 5, the first of the square sides. This...

• Shop Tools #16: New Plane Stanley 5 1/4c - 08-29-2013 12:06 AM | 7 comments

  Just documenting this plane. It will fill this slot in my bench plane family until I get crazy l...

• Handplane Restoration #31: Guess I need to get back to work. - 08-28-2013 02:19 AM | 6 comments

  Queue is getting too long.

• Shop Tools #15: Stanley 45 and two boxes of cutters - 08-25-2013 03:12 AM | 10 comments

  I picked up two boxes of cutters for a Stanley 45. I have a couple of planes that I had picked u...

• Shop Tools #14: New Plane - Bedrock 604 1/2 - 08-23-2013 05:09 PM | 18 comments

  I’ve been wanting one of these for a while. An opportunity came up to pick this up on eBay ...

• Playing Around with Carving #11: Drawknife and bowl adze recommendations - 09-17-2011 01:37 AM | 34 comments

  I am thinking of getting a set of drawknives built and I am wondering if anyone has any good reco...

• Playing Around with Carving #10: Best Lighing for Carving - 09-12-2011 01:25 AM | 14 comments

  So far, I have been carving outside on my patio and the lighting is great. I’m anticipatin...

• Playing Around with Carving #9: Just Kicking Around today - 08-14-2011 06:02 AM | 18 comments

  I roughed out another spoon today. I was trying a different handle shape to get a feel for it. ...

• Playing Around with Carving #8: Mads Inspired Spoon Horse - 08-11-2011 02:00 AM | 22 comments

  I’ve been playing with spoon carving and thinking that being able to use a spokeshave and d...

• Playing Around with Carving #7: Putting my carving fixture to work - 08-07-2011 07:09 PM | 6 comments

  I’m participating in Spoontaneous’s Spoon Carving class and spent some time roughing ...

• Playing Around with Carving #6: Finished my carving fixture - 07-31-2011 01:08 AM | 10 comments

  I got my carving fixture completed today. Now I should be able to make some more progress on the...

• Shop Tools #13: My Latest Power Tool - 07-30-2011 07:22 PM | 37 comments

  The power tool for Rodent Control – The Rat Zapper Ultra…. I know, I k...

• Handplane Restoration #30: English Wooden Chamfer Plane - 07-07-2011 03:57 AM | 26 comments

  This is a recent eBay purchase. I am posting this for Mads. He would like to make one and requ...

• Playing Around with Carving #5: Fixture to hold work for Relief Carving. - 06-29-2011 11:21 PM | 14 comments

  I am thinking of making a wooden fixture to hold the work piece when doing relief carving. I am ...

• Playing Around with Carving #4: Carving Class - 06-27-2011 04:33 AM | 22 comments

  Today I took an introduction to relief carving class at the local Woodcraft store. The class was...

• Hand Saws #1: 15" Bow Saw - 06-22-2011 12:33 AM | 17 comments

  I recieved this saw in the mail today. It is 25” wide overal and about 14” of expos...

• Playing Around with Carving #3: Further exploration - 06-17-2011 06:50 PM | 28 comments

  I’m hoping to get some time today to do some more chip carving. That and sand a broken ha...

• Shop Tools #12: Hmmmm. What is it? - 06-17-2011 12:03 AM | 26 comments

  I bought this off of ebay this week. It was listed as a small plane, but it looks like a toy, mo...

• Playing Around with Carving #2: ZOMG! Knife to wood - 06-11-2011 06:02 AM | 17 comments

  I finally have most things together and sat down to play some. I wanted to do some simple 3 cor...

• Handplane Restoration #29: Stanley #62 Part 2 - Inspection - 06-11-2011 12:48 AM | 25 comments

  Whoot. The plane arrived today. I unpacked it and started the inspection. I only found one ...

• Tool Making #1: August 2011 has a couple of tool making related articles - 06-07-2011 05:57 PM | 6 comments

  Figured I would start a new series related to tool making. I recieved Fine Woodworking yesterda...

• Handplane Restoration #28: New Restoration Candidate - Stanley #62 part 1 - 06-07-2011 02:33 AM | 29 comments

  Time to get this blog active again. I had been overrun with work for a long time and not doing m...

• Playing Around with Carving #1: Getting Rolling - 06-01-2011 02:11 AM | 19 comments

  I had been thinking about playing with carving for a while. I did some exploring in a forum post...

• Handplane Reference #7: Electronic Books. - 05-08-2011 01:05 AM | 48 comments

  In Feburary 2011, I broke my right leg and ended up having to deal with an extend stay in the ho...

• Handplane Restoration #27: Struck out at the flea market - 12-06-2009 01:30 AM | 18 comments

  My son and I went to the local flea market looking for a rusty block plane to try out the evapo r...

• Handplane Restoration #26: Interesting middle of the road approach - 12-01-2009 06:12 AM | 6 comments

  While looking for a link to Christopher Schwartz’s blog for my review of his book I noticed...

• Handplane Restoration #25: Stanley 112 Update - 11-26-2009 06:45 AM | 5 comments

  Just a quick update. I ordered and recieved a Hock replacement blade for the plane from Craftsman...

• Handplane Restoration #24: Stanley 112 - 11-21-2009 12:44 AM | 9 comments

  This was a craigslist item that showed up yesterday evening. I quickly arranged to head over to...

• Shop Tools #11: A new plane - 6/16/2008 - 06-17-2008 04:58 AM | 15 comments

  I drove down the the SF bay area from my home in Sacramento this morning and ran through Woodcraf...

• Member for 365 Days - 03-08-2008 04:10 PM | 28 comments

  Logged in today and realized it was one year since I joined the site. I wanted to thank Martin a...

• Shop Tools #10: DeWalt 925 Radial Arm Saw - 10-23-2007 05:43 AM | 29 comments

  I have been resisting buying a Radial Arm Saw (RAS) for at least the last year. I have a great S...

• Shop Tools #9: Today's Finds - Oct 12 2007 - 10-13-2007 05:22 AM | 11 comments

  Today I visited a few antique stores in a couple of small towns near Sacramento. I thought I wo...

• Handplane Restoration #23: Stanley Bedrock 603 Type 6 - 10-11-2007 02:32 AM | 18 comments

  I really like the Stanley Bedrock style planes and on a whim bid on and won this plane last week....

• Reconnecting #1: Cosumnes River Preserve - 10-10-2007 01:47 AM | 12 comments

  Inspired by Franks walks in the woods, I wanted to take some time to reconnect with nature and th...

• Handplane Restoration #22: Sliding down the slippery slope Philly style - 09-24-2007 05:09 AM | 17 comments

  I’m a firm beliver in supporting other LumberJocks when I can and I’ve been in the hu...

• Handplane Restoration #21: Sliding down the slippery slope - Part 2 - 08-19-2007 03:07 AM | 24 comments

  I recieved the second Plough plane from the UK in the mail today. This one is the little sister ...

• Handplane Restoration #20: Sliding down the slippery slope - Part 1 - 08-15-2007 07:39 AM | 23 comments

  I started this blog to restore a set of Bailey style bench planes for use in my shop. The more I...

• Shop Tools #8: Today's Finds - August 12 2007 - 08-14-2007 04:22 AM | 12 comments

  Yesterday was the monthly antique sale here in Sacramento and my daughter and I went shopping. I...

• Pen Turning #2: Intro to Pen Turning - Part 2 - 07-14-2007 02:12 AM | 17 comments

  In this part I’m intending to finish the cigar pen I started last time. I’m going to...

• Pen Turning #1: Intro to Pen Turning - Part 1 - 07-13-2007 04:17 AM | 24 comments

  Overview There are a number of people who have indicated they would like to know more about wh...

• Handplane Restoration #19: Cleaning Parts with Citric Acid - 07-10-2007 06:12 AM | 28 comments

  Based on an article by James Thompson I found on OldToolsShop.com. I though I woud try using Citr...

• Shop Tools #7: Today's Finds - July 8 2007 - 07-09-2007 12:49 AM | 8 comments

  Today was the monthly antique sale here in Sacramento. I got a few interesting things and almost...

• Handplane Restoration #18: Stanley #78 Duplex filletster and rabbet plane - 07-07-2007 10:31 PM | 19 comments

  I’m straying a little from the bench planes today and documenting the restoration of a Stan...

• Handplane Restoration #17: Aw Screw it - 06-22-2007 06:19 AM | 9 comments

  I have not been working on this series or any real projects for that matter for quit a while. I ...

• Shop Tools #6: Today's Finds - June 10 2007 - 06-10-2007 08:15 PM | 13 comments

  Today was the monthly antique sale here in town. I found a few interesting items today. I’...

• First “Official” Meeting of the Central Valley Woodworkers Club - UPDATE (Obi's Shop Photos) - 06-10-2007 06:33 AM | 19 comments

  Today I drove down and paid Obi a visit. I got to tour his shop and get caught up on his current ...

• Shop Tools #5: Today's Finds - June 9 2007 - 06-10-2007 06:07 AM | 9 comments

  A few of you knew I was going old tool shopping today. I visited a number of antique stores down...

• Shop Tools #4: JessEm Mite-R-Excel™ Precision Miter Gauge with Dual-Indexing Angle Location - 06-02-2007 02:14 AM | 16 comments

  David posted pictures of his new miter gauge and was looking for some pictures of other miter gau...

• Shop Tools #3: Chisels - 05-31-2007 06:41 AM | 4 comments

  I spent a little time in the shop this evening working on putting some of the old chisels I have ...

• You know you are a US LumberJock When.... - 05-29-2007 01:25 AM | 12 comments

  In response to MsDebbieP’s blog entry, I thought I would allow for some additional points a...

• Shop Tools #2: Work Sharp - The Wood Tool Sharpener Review - 05-27-2007 01:34 AM | 43 comments

  I have been looking for a sharpener for a while and came close to coughing up $250 for the Jet cl...

• Shop Tools #1: Would you have passed it up? - 05-20-2007 01:04 AM | 16 comments

  My son wanted to get up this morning and go to some garage sales. I’ve been gone all week ...

• Handplane Restoration #16: New Candidates - 05-14-2007 12:14 AM | 11 comments

  Today is Mothers day. To cellibrate, the family and I went to the monthly antique sale. and I th...

• Handplane Reference #6: I found a cool book today - 05-12-2007 03:38 AM | 6 comments

  I made a pass through some local antique stores today on my way home from work and found an inter...

• Handplane Restoration #15: Stanley Bedrock #605 Jack Plane - 05-07-2007 04:14 AM | 7 comments

  Today was a day with a lot chores to be done, so I picked a plane to rework that required little ...

• The Stars were aligned today. - 05-06-2007 04:46 AM | 11 comments

  Today was a goof-off day. I grabbed my handplane hunting pack, iPod and my son and I headed out ...

• Handplane Restoration #14: Stanley Bailey #5 1/4 Junior Jack Plane - 05-04-2007 06:41 AM | 16 comments

  Another long week at work, so I will post another of the planes that is in good shape. This plan...

• Handplane Restoration #13: Record T5 Technical Jack Plane - 04-28-2007 06:33 PM | 5 comments

  I’m doing another easy plane today. I’m watching Norm build table saw jigs this morni...

• Handplane Restoration #12: Stanley Bailey #4 1/2 Type 19 - 04-28-2007 05:52 AM | 6 comments

  Thought I would get an easy one out of the way. I have to turn some pens this weekend for 4 of m...

• Handplane Restoration #11: Stanley #4 Type 3/4? - 04-27-2007 07:06 AM | 8 comments

  I’ve been having blogging withdrawals and was hoping to get started on my next plane restor...

• Handplane Restoration #10: Stanley Bailey #3 Type 10 After - 04-22-2007 06:17 PM | 17 comments

  I finished up the restoration work on the #3 I have been working on. Things have been going slow...

• Go Sharks - 04-20-2007 06:26 AM | 7 comments

  Between a crazy work schedule and the Hocky Play offs my workshop time is suffering. Any other N...

• Handplane Reference #5: Sharpening Resources - 04-17-2007 05:00 AM | 18 comments

  This is a blog entry that I am using to collect information on sharpening. I will be updating t...

• Handplane Restoration #9: Stanley Bailey #3 Type 10 Clean-up - 04-14-2007 10:02 PM | 12 comments

  I’ve been working on cleaning up this plane in the evenings this week and thought I would p...

• Handplane Restoration #8: A couple of new candidates - 04-08-2007 10:49 PM | 6 comments

  There is a monthly antique sale here in town. I went down there with the family this morning to ...

• Handplane Reference #4: Web Resources - 04-08-2007 04:34 AM | 36 comments

  This is a list of links that I will maintain that are related to handplanes. This is primarily i...

• Handplane Restoration #7: Stanley Bailey #3 Type 10 before - 04-02-2007 02:07 AM | 3 comments

  This is a Stanley Bailey #3 Type 10 Bench Plane that I picked up a few weeks back at a local ant...

• Handplane Reference #3: Handplane Related Videos - 04-02-2007 12:46 AM | 4 comments

  This is a collection of handplane related videos. This is intended primarily as a personal refer...

• Handplane Reference #2: Handplane Related Books - 04-01-2007 07:16 AM | 9 comments

  This is the beginning of a listing of handplane related books. This is primarily intended to be...

• Handplane Reference #1: Overview - 03-28-2007 04:22 AM | 20 comments

  This is a personal blog where I plan to include reference material related to handplanes. This...

• Handplane Restoration #6: Wondering if I should continue this thread - 03-27-2007 03:54 AM | 10 comments

  I’m sitting in a hotel room this evening on a week long business trip to Houston. I’...

• Handplane Restoration #5: Plane Blades - 03-25-2007 06:11 AM | 1 comment

  This morning I got up, threw my tool hunting pack and my son in the car and headed out to see wha...

• Handplane Restoration #4: End of a long week - 03-24-2007 04:37 AM | 5 comments

  Today marks the end of a long week. So I think I will take it easy tonight. Most days have been ...

• Handplane Restoration #3: Selecting Planes for Restoration - 03-23-2007 05:11 AM | 6 comments

  Again I am plagued with long work days. I’m on a dinner break with one more work meeting t...

• Handplane Restoration #2: Preparations for restoring a hand plane - 03-22-2007 05:58 AM | 8 comments

  I’ve had a couple of 12-14 hour workdays this week and have not had the opportunities for r...

• Handplane Restoration #1: Planes, Planes, Planes - 03-20-2007 05:52 AM | 25 comments

  After a long week at work, I decided it was time to start the process of restoring my bench plane...

• Well, I got one project done - 03-15-2007 06:31 AM | 1 comment

  I’ve been hammered at work this week and have had little time to do any woodwork. I was abl...

• Return of the Peacock - 03-12-2007 05:40 AM | 7 comments

  I spent all day yesterday cleaning the garage and working to get the shop in order. I took some ...

• Motivation - 03-10-2007 06:16 AM | 5 comments

  I’ve been reading the content on this site for quite a while and have been enjoying the con...

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