Hi Folks
Remember me?
Apologies for my (rather longer than I imagined!) absence – time certainly does fly.
First of all – I want to say thank you to all the Jocks that have sent me emails worrying about my whereabouts. It warmed my heart!
So where have I been? Working…...........and then a little bit more work :)
I have taken the plunge and gone self-employed! I am now, officially, a chippy. It has been an exciting few months as I have built up my customers. I am reaching the stage where there just isn’t enough days in the week!
So my hobby has taken a hit. Workshop time has fallen drastically, as has my Internet time.
I’ve been keeping myself busy making woodworking planes – if you’ve taken a look at my website you’ll see plenty of evidence ;) I’ll start posting pictures of them here soon.
And as a way of apology I have made a video to start the ball rolling. This one is on adjusting wooden planes. I hope you find it useful
Best regards
Phil
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scottb
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posted 457 days ago
Let me be the first to say Congratulations!
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
Dorje
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posted 457 days ago
Great video – thanks for posting it…nice to see you lurking around here!
I didn’t realize how small “baby” was until I saw it in your hands…a sweet little block plane.
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
WayneC
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posted 457 days ago
Great video Phil. Glad to see your back and that business is going well.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Don
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posted 457 days ago
Very professionally done, Phil, and informative.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Karson
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posted 456 days ago
Great video Phillip.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Philip Edwards
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posted 456 days ago
Thanks, Gents!
Phil
Zuki
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posted 455 days ago
Wow. You make it look so easy and simple.
-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them
Philip Edwards
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posted 455 days ago
Zuki
If your plane is well set-up then it is!
The biggest problems are a wedge that doesn’t fit correctly and hitting the wedge in too hard. It is surprising how little pressure is required to hold it firmly.
Cheers
Phil
Bob #2
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posted 455 days ago
Thanks Phil;
I know stuff tht can impress my freinds now!
Great instuctions.
What part of Texas are you from? <vbg>
Bob
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oscorner
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posted 452 days ago
I wish I would have seen this video thirty five years ago. Very informative and that plane made some super shavings. Looks like your finger got in the way of a hammer or something. The finger nail looks bruised. I hope it heals soon.
-- Jesus is Lord!
Bill
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posted 452 days ago
Congratulations on taking the plunge Phil. I wish you much success in your new endeavor.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Philip Edwards
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posted 452 days ago
Bob
Glad you like my guitar track. I call it “Cowboy Song” :)
Os, I bruised my finger carrying my sliding compound mitre saw. I forgot to lock the slide off and the saw slid back and squashed me!! And yes, I certainly did some serious cursing….....;)
Thanks Bill!
Cheers
Phil
WayneC
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posted 451 days ago
Looks like this video is popular. I saw a link to it on the FWW home page.
http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=gluetube
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Philip Edwards
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posted 451 days ago
Wow! Excellent!
Thanks for the link, Wayne. You’ve made my day,
Phil
Dorje
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posted 451 days ago
Yeah, that was cool to see as I was perusing the FWW site last night!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
piper
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posted 451 days ago
thanks this is a great help to all us begginners who have avoidrd the old hand tools mainly because we didn’t know how to use them
-- piper