1959 days ago
by mot |
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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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663 days ago
by Don W |
14 comments »
A few months ago I found the 1975 version of “The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking James Krenov” at a flee market. It was well worth the $5 I paid for it. I think its well worth the read. One of the chapters explained how to make a plane that I found intriguing. I have wanted to make a plane for a while, and this chapter just added fuel to the fire.
The Kenov book probably isn’t the perfect book for making your first plane though. I really liked the planes in the book, but it wa...
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1079 days ago
by rwyoung |
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OK, so Mary Anne posted some blog entries on making whistles. I decided to make one using only hand tools.
Here's a link back to Mary Anne's post.
So, we start with some rough lumber. In this case a piece of wacky cherry. The board has lots of pitch inclusions, crazy grain and cupped something awful. But it will be fine for a whistle.
By the way, no rulers were harmed (or used) in the making of this project. All measuring done by the Mark-I eyeball.
1) Cross cut a blank. Eye...
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110 days ago
by Don W |
10 comments »
I brought this magnificent (note the dripping sarcasm) piece of machinery home with me during one of my flea market outings. This is a late model Stanley #4. Its painted Blue, made in the US, has a painted cap, a shorter iron than vintage, and no toe on the tote. The knob and tote is painted black, it has an aluminum frog and a pretty cheezy lateral adjuster.
Now….why anyone but someone with a sickness for hand planes like me would buy this plane is a little beyond my understanding, ...
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2010 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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937 days ago
by Tim Dorcas |
13 comments »
I just posted some pictures of my buddy’s Hand Tool Chest. If you like hand tools at all it’s worth checking out.
http://www.craftedbytim.com/?p=203
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133 days ago
by StumpyNubs |
10 comments »
MAN- there’s a lot of great stuff in this episode! First, we talk about true dust collection power with Bill Pentz (part two of our dust collection series), Charles Neil stops by again, I show off my four favorite block planes and start an experiment that might destroy the world.
Besides that we talk about the Harbor Freight dust collector, ask average woodworker five dumb questions, talk about King Tut’s stool, and that’s not even everything!
ALSO- We’re making ...
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937 days ago
by Rick Boyett |
8 comments »
I took my wife to First Monday Trade Days in Canton, TX. For those of you that do not know, the entire town of Canton, TX becomes a huge flea market on the weekend prior to the first Monday of each month.
There you can find lots of planes, but there are two booths that are of particular interest. Those booths have the motherlode of hand planes and other tools.
First up a 19th century workbench from Hammacher Schlemmer & Co.
Have any of you ever seen an ALUMINUM No. 45?
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388 days ago
by CartersWhittling |
12 comments »
Hello.
I happened to have little work today, so I had time to do some work on the tool chest.
A few weeks ago I had skip planed all the parts for the shell, and some of the oak. Skip planing is simply using a heavy set plane to remove the twist and warpage in a board. Thats all. You do not use a try plane or smoother at this point. By skip planing the lumber before hand, the lumber has a second chance to warp if it has to, since there was fresh wood removed from both faces.
Now a...
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1257 days ago
by CottageWorkshop |
15 comments »
Here I am, finally on Lumberjocks! I thought I would introduce myself by sharing a video of me working on my current project, a Shaker style six drawer dresser in walnut. This is becoming my typical style of woodworking over the last year. I mill lumber in the barn with a jointer, a planer and a table saw and then move to the Cottage Workshop where I slow things down, using hand tools and traditional techniques to join parts together. This ia also my first time-lapse video made with the Gawke...
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