I purchased a set of Narex chisels and flattend the backs, hollow ground the bevel and then honed the edges. They didn’t come with a box so I built the tray to fit in my tool chest. Sharpening is done. Now back to the work bench. Tomorrow I start on the twin screw vise.

I refurbished three planes, a Stanley Bailey #7 jointer, Stanley Bailey #6 scrub and a new Arnet shoulder plane. On the #7, I flattened the sole, gave it a thorough cleaning and put in a Hock HS blade. Hock blades are thicker and harder than the original and take me a while to sharpen but no chatter and the blade stays sharp. After flattening the sole, the #6 got a radiused Hock blade (10” R @ 25 deg bevel). Wow does it hog off wood. Talk about an upper body work out. The Arnet was fairly flat out of the box. The blade depth adjustment is sloppy and I thightened it as best I could but there is too much clearance for a new plane. The blade is much softer than the Hock and wasn’t cut square. This new plane took more work to make it usefull than the two ebayers. The shavings tell the story. The jointer was able to get down to right at thou at the whispy edge. Wow is it fun to make planes work well.

The blades are protected with a piece of magnetic plastic from the local pizza joint so it is ok to sit the blades on the marble.

If you order a blade directly from Hock blades, The three times I have called, I have talked directly to Ron Hock. He knows blades, steel and is a pleasure to work with. He custom cut the radiused blade and chip breaker for the scrub plane for just a little extra. He is the best!! His blades are flat but you still have to remove some machining marks. Hock = Hard so allow some honing time.

My wife wanted to redo her scrapebooking studio. I built these bookcases for her storage jars and boxes using poplar and pine. I used dados and rabbet joints then painted them black.

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When I got a new saw it needed a run out table, under the run-out table was a lot of wasted space and I need more storage so…. I came across some western maple and decided to build a Chest of Drawers/Tool Box. This is the first large furniture project that I have tackled. The drawers are inset half blind dovetails, Rockler jig cut. the drawers run on sub-frames. I hand mortised and tennoned the frames. I tried to get as much experience from the project as possible. It took a lot longer than I thought. I learned a lot.
The trim is a product called burnt birch. They take birch and place it in a kiln @ about 350 degrees F till it turns dark brown. It smells “burnt”. It is a nice brown color but it is very soft, nicks easily and breaks easily. I would not use the stuff again.
The finish is 1/3 Beeswax, 1/3 linseed oil and 1/3 mineral spirits. I like the appearance and “feel”. Glue won’t stick and it is easily repariable.

I built a mobile base for my SawStop. It is a 3hp single phase. Boy are they heavy. Ii weighs over 500#. The Moble Base has 4”by2” Casters. The frame is 2×2x3/16 angle iron.