686 days ago
by mot |
32 comments »
WayneC, Bob #2 and I, have had some conversations about shooting boards. The conversations don’t last long because we all agree with eachother. It’s really the death of conversation. However, some of the hand tool posts have netted some good questions on what a shooting board is, how it works, what it does and how you use it.
I put together a 15 minute overview of the basics of the shooting board. Please note, the shooting board is a tool that will have unlimited uses in yo...
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737 days ago
by Douglas Bordner |
24 comments »
I have ordered a Hock replacement iron for my rehab plane. A slight change in course has occurred, in that once the rust came off and I was able to determine the actual model of my rust bucket, it has become apparent that it is a Sargent 409, the equivalent of a Stanley #4, not a #4 1/2. The Sargent does have a slightly wider and longer casting than the equivalent Stanley, so in it should be a heavier plane, but it does have a 2˝ iron, not 2 3/8˝. Oh well, I still can’t quibble with th...
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46 days ago
by Chardt |
7 comments »
I recently bought a Stanley #45 combination plane, and several blades….however it’s only the chasis and blades…does anyone have the slide rail, and perhaps any parts for a #45 they would be interested in selling/trading?
Let me know what you have, and how much you want for them. eBay seems to have quite a few but I haven’t won any parts yet.
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83 days ago
by 3fingerpat |
9 comments »
A couple of months ago I picked up a small board of Quilted Maple while playing tourist in Oregon. I didn’t need it but the board looked cool and thought it might come in handy some day. Flash forward to today and I thought I would make something out of the board. I needed a ZCI for my new tablesaw and figured the Maple would fit the bill nicely. But when I picked up the board, it had more bowing, cupping, twisting and yaw than I thought was possible for such a small piece of lumber...
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429 days ago
by frank |
4 comments »
Tales of A Wood-Worker’s Tools
Just a short-sort of a blog//story this morning to get the wood-chips in my arteries flowing again with stimulus from my imagination. Ah yes, that wonder-full word called imagination that in reality becomes the igniter of all that speaks art.
To any who refuse to use ‘imagination’ in their wood-working pro-vision, en-vision of contrived design….well, why bother; so lets start creating a story of wood-working tales.
Since I’...
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438 days ago
by WoodworkersResource |
0 comments »
This is our fourth interview in the series we’ve done on folks who are presenting at this years Woodworking in America Conference. I had the opportunity to talk to the owner and founder of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Thomas Lie-Nielsen. We talk about:
What it was like to start a tool manufacturing company 25 years ago when woodworking hand tools weren’t as popular.
The challenges they faced bringing chisels to the market.
Some of Lie-Nielsen’s newest tools ...
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582 days ago
by Betsy |
10 comments »
I’ve had this e-bay plane for quite some time now. I’ve had it apart and left it on my fireplace hearth for months just looking at it, not really knowing what to do with it. Got a wild hair this morning and picked it up and started to work on it. It’s no where near perfection as, honestly, I really don’t know what I’m doing, but it works. This is the plane as I got it.
I had already taken off the tote and front knob and put a new finish on those. But a...
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593 days ago
by flink |
7 comments »
Well, I’ve been searching and looking high and low. Mainly for chisels and handplanes. I was looking for decent everyday tools, not collectibles. I didn’t want to spend a lot money since that would take away from the money I need for wood.
I started my search on ebay, progressed to various forum site member ads, watched craiglist, checked auction sites, newspaper classifieds. Then I began looking for new items in catalogs/websites/stores.
The prices I found for old tools wer...
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731 days ago
by frank |
2 comments »
Woodish-Hand-Tool-Gathering down in BeanTown
This Friday and Saturday any and all woodworkers who love workin’ the wood by hand, get a chance to see some new tool works coming forth from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks USA.
”Come see our new line of Inlay Tools in their first public appearance!” Along with this wonderful opportunity to get down into BeanTown, there is the added benefit of visiting the North Bennet Street School and also a chance to see live one on one demonstrat...
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