2 days ago
by mhawkins2 |
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Please excuse the double negative in the title but it is the most accurate way of stating my point. I’ll admit that much of my wood knowledge comes from The New Yankee Workshop, so I base my concepts of what tools are most useful on what I see used there. I don’t always see the usefulness of many of tools if I don’t see Norm use them
But now I must confess that there are two tools for which I now have a new appreciation of there immense usefulness.
1) A low angle blo...
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4 days ago
by damnHippie |
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I don’t have a band saw, so I had to trust my less-than-accurate table saw, and I got to play around with my new jig saw.
I followed the steps outlined in David Marks’ European Hand Plane episode. I had to use my table saw to cut the cheeks and the two angles on the body. Then I used the jigsaw to cut the curve. Unfortunately the blade deflected during the cut, so it took a lot of filing and sanding to get it back to semi-true.
Next I need to drill the holes for the d...
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10 days ago
by teenagewoodworker |
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well here is the final post in my pull out trash box thing series. figure i’ll get right into it.
first i started by adding some 45 blocks to the place where the trash can sits. i had to notch it because that drilling would have been pretty hard without a drill press. i notched it a bit to much though. and i used brass screws. why? because they were the only ones that were short enough to not go through my surface. but to sound smart just in-case someone missed the bucket its good th...
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10 days ago
by ryno101 |
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I’ve got my mom, who is an avid yard-saler, (although out in Western MA, they call ‘em Tag Sales) searching for planes for me to feed the need. She came to visit this weekend, and turned up this beaut for $5!
I did a bit of research, I think it’s a Type 1 (circa 1877-1891) Stanley 127 Liberty Bell:
The combination of trademarks on the blade and toe is what leads me to think it’s a Type 1… the toe is somewhat visible here:
It’s in decen...
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10 days ago
by exold |
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I have my own blog, and before I discovered the excellence that is Lumberjocks, I started posting my woodworking adventures there. Fortunately, I only got one post up there before I signed up at LJ. However, I’m going to leave that post where it is, so I figured I’d drop a pointer to it here: Jumping Right In. Maybe not the ideal solution, but c’est la vie .
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15 days ago
by teenagewoodworker |
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well here is the second to last entry in my pull out trash box series. this will cover the rest of the construction and the next entry will cover the finished project. so lets jump right in. i left off with the rest of the thing prefinished and showing the drawer in it. just milled up the drawer front. and finished and attached it. simple enough. the drawer bottom isn’t in yet and you might notice that the color is a bit different. thats because the gel poly isn’t on yet.
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15 days ago
by ryno101 |
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Figuring that the best place to start would be with the bodies of the planes, I cut a 3/4” melamine coated shelf into a workable size, clamped it to my “workbench” (countertop, really) and laid a sheet of drywall sanding screen on top to tackle flattening and cleaning up the soles and sides of these two planes. I probably put a total of 30-45 minutes on this.
Much better looking under there than I had expected…
Small Plane Before:
and After:
Large Plane Be...
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17 days ago
by ryno101 |
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Figured since I started, might as well share my ongoing project to get these two cheapo planes into serviceable condition!
After perusing the various blogs about plane restoration here on LJ’s, I decided a simple first step would be to get ‘em taken apart and do a first round cleaning.
I looked at David's blog, and though I was intrigued by electrolysis as a rust-removal process, I thought to myself “Isn’t that just really an electroplating going on? Is it reall...
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18 days ago
by damnHippie |
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I’ve been tossing around the idea of making a wooden plane for a while, and this weekend decided to start it. I’m following the basic plan described by David Marks on his show Wood Works.
I bought a Hock iron at Hardwick's Hardware—it was their last one, the display model. This seemed like a good project excuse to get a new tool, so I went to Rockler to look at jig saws. They don’t have any (aside from the $300 Festools), but I did find a good piece of wood. It ...
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18 days ago
by ryno101 |
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Found both of these on Ebay, picked ‘em up for $10 for the pair. Turns out the guy selling them lives only 15 minutes drive away, and had to go by there anyway, so I was even able to avoid shipping costs…
The longer of the two is about 14”, the smaller about 9”
I’ll clean them up and post the results.
I really want to learn how to use these planes, I haven’t had much success with the other one I picked up for a buck! It just d...
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