496 days ago
by David Craig |
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A few months back. Mike (jockmike2) and I went in together on a couple hundred board feet of air dried lumber at Raven’s Farm, a mill that is local to us. The cost came out to about 1.25 a board foot which was a steal as far as I was concerned. Boards have been setting for a bit, with a dozen getting acclimated to the shop. I don’t have the space for a jointer so have been working the boards with a recent plane addition and then running them through my Ridgid.
Woodworking i...
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959 days ago
by David Craig |
5 comments »
I think I caught the hand plane bug somewhere, maybe during the last LJ get together. It probably just festered under the surface and waited until my mind was weak enough before it bit. At any rate, after my experiences with tuning and working with my block planes, I felt the draw to pick up a smoothing plane. I checked the LN website and I am not quite ready to part with $400 to get their no. 4 and a cool little screwdriver so I went the ebay route. I didn’t see much there for a smooth...
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1201 days ago
by jchomme |
7 comments »
Here is a pictorial process that I go through to make Stanley sized totes. Any questions are welcome!
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853 days ago
by mafe |
12 comments »
Making an ancient bucket with StefangHand plane, binding lever, lag knife
This is the plane I made, and here you find the DIY hand plane blog:http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/20803
So time for some tool making – hmmmmmmm – I do have a soft spot on this…
Hand plane
Trying to figure out a design… (Never did a plane, so…)
The idea, and facts (yes I’m old fashion, I draw and calculate).Press here for pdf of calculation.
My conclusion a...
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435 days ago
by Dave |
26 comments »
Here is an old plane that BoxCarMarty helped me find. It seems that the British used a whole bunch of planes to make a window sash. The Americans invented a version to cut the inner and outer groves at the same time.The outer is called the stick because of the sticking board used to make it. The inner grove is a rabbet that the glass would be set in then glazed. My wife has been on me to get her a few old windows so she could put pictures in them and hang em on the wall. Well being the cheaps...
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566 days ago
by ShaneA |
7 comments »
I have been bitten by the hand plane bug recently. I used to think I was above such a disease, but alas, I am not. Over the last month it has taken hold. Hopefully it can be contained to a bench plane only type of sickness. My journey is only beginning, at this point the really only successful thing I do well in the hand plane world is pay for them. I see there is a long way to go in my technique and understanding of the tools. I find them interes...
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699 days ago
by RGtools |
3 comments »
So I made a mistake. Not a big one but definitely avoidable. When I set my grinder up, I used a nice thick blade to figure out where may angle should be. Unfortunately I forgot to factor in the tapered blade on the old plane makes a RADICAL 10 degree difference to my grinding angle so I realized that I had a 20 bevel angle about early enough correct it. I tapped the stand forward so I ended up with a second bevel of 30 degrees. Believe it or not the secondary bevel is big enough to reference ...
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535 days ago
by Paul Sellers |
23 comments »
Here is the second part of a short series. In this one I round the edges of the lid with a hand plane.
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363 days ago
by RGtools |
17 comments »
My wife and I have a small B&B in the Applegate Valley. In an effort to work towards getting me on staff full time we have decided to start offering classes. Take a look here if you are interested.
Here is a small selection of what I am planning to offer. As time and requests permit I hope to add more.
Understanding Bench Planes
Per Person Price: $70
In the class we will discuss the primary set of planes for a hand-tool woodworker: The fore, try, and smoothing planes. We w...
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324 days ago
by Don W |
18 comments »
Ok, I know type 21 isn’t really a type, its actually the type after the last type, but then we know most types are a bit vague anyhow.
I am always a little saddened by some statements I hear about the later Stanley planes. Although some of it is justified, most of it can be easily overcome and all can be fixed to make a great user plane. I think overlooking these later planes leaves a whole set of possibilities off the table.
Some of the things I like about the later plane...
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