Dave's Blog at LumberJocks.com http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:19:16 GMT what i've been doing #33: 4 LumberJocks Meet http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34957 Well four of the members of this site got together on a Saturday afternoon. BoxcarMarty, Eddie, William and Superdave721 meet up at Williams Shop. We had a wonderful time. We told tall tails and discussed woodworking. Gifts were exchanged and I believe the coffee pot never ran dry.
Marty was coming down on a trip to the Gulf of Mexico and that gave us an chance to get together. Eddie came over from Louisiana and I from middle Mississippi. We met at Williams shop and the fun began.
This site is the only reason these four people know each other. I want to thank Lumberjocks for that very reason.
Martin and Ms. Debbie THANK YOU!
I wished more could have come.
I didn’t get as many picture as I wanted to. I did the best I could with what I had.

Jokes were told and we talked of the other friends we have on line. If you have the chance meet up with you fellow woodworkers. I bet you won’t regret it!
Go to the home pages, introduce yourself and make a new friend. We are only as wealthy as the number of loved ones and friends we have. You can’t buy that.

I wish every one health and well being.

]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:19:16 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34957 Dave Dave I am a Pawpaw again :) http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34692 Well I would like to welcome my 3rd grandchild Ms. Ayrabella Rose Jones.
She was for a few seconds the youngest person on the planet.

I want to thank all you guys for the thoughts and well wishes, ALL OF YOU!
This one was different for me because it is my youngest girl and she is still under my roof. I am glad it is done and await her return home with the new bundle of joy.

]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:48:30 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34692 Dave Dave Finding old tools #2: Tool gloat http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34285 I have found a mother load of tools. Come see.


There is one more video on my blog. Check it out if you wish.
http://chiselandforge.com/
Let me know if you see some thing and know what it is.

]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:06:38 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34285 Dave Dave what i've been doing #32: Roys Dovetail Grease box http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34024 I had a snow day and built this little guy. It was a fun day project and I learned a few things to.
Being all out of mutton tallow I filled mine with wax.
It is made from Black Walnut and the dovetail key is Texas Ebony

Did I mention that we got a inch of snow down here in the deep south. Well everything shuts down. But it is pretty.

]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:40:07 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/34024 Dave Dave Tobacco Box build http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/33776 I have been in the need for a larger tobacco box. My pipes, cigars and loose tobacco have out grown my old box. It the video I take cypress dovetail and cut the dadoes by hand. The galoot level of this project is high. I also remove the rust from an old wrench and horseshoe. The shoe is for hanging above my anvil to poor the luck in to the projects I am building. The shoe was found at an antebellum home near Vicksburg MS.


I will be posting this as a project as well.
Thank you.

]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:21:26 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/33776 Dave Dave what i've been doing #31: Winter is coming so I desided to install a stove. Now I cant wait for the cold! http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32810 Harbor Freight sent me a coupon for $120.00 off of there $249 stove. So I jumped on the deal. I got a stove for $139.99. I brought it home and set it up. I built a fire in it to burn it in and get all the oils and smells burnt off.

I need to place it in this corner.

I used concrete backer board on the floor and the wall.

I used some extra floor tiles I had saved just for this purpose.

I lined the backer board on the wall with sheet metal. I also lined the t111 between the studs with a heavy gauge of sheet metal.

I cut a ten inch hole in the wall then cut a six inch circle in the sheet metal. I also lined the hole in the t111 witl some metal corner flashing.

I welded a l bracket together and bolted it to the outside wall. Then attached the stove pipe to it so it would be stable.
Now because I lost a corner of my shop. The rest of the shop is a total wreck. Well we will have to toss out a lot and get creative with storage.


I had to reroute some wiring as well. I had been using two electric heaters. I would have to go and turn them on for a few hours to to get the room to where I didn’t have to wear a coat. Most of the tools on the wall were using french cleats so that shouldn’t be a problem. And now I have a place to toss all those scraps pluse brew a pot of coffee. Thanks for reading.

]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:25:45 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32810 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #22: Wood Plane 101 http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32586 A few people have had some questions about the ways I have done some of the refurbishing and purchasing of old traditional wooden planes.
Here is a short video on some of the things I have learned through the years.
These are my methods and opinions in refurbishing ole planes.

]]> Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:01:59 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32586 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #21: A four inch coffin smoother. http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32382 Hello, I found this little plane on ebay and had to have it.

I believe David Ward made it.

I used turpentine and BLO for the refurbish

The shavings and finish it left are amazing.

]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:52:26 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32382 Dave Dave what i've been doing #30: Music Book II http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32292 I had enough of the birds-eye maple to make a second book. I wanted to make one a bit smaller. The spines of the books are tiger maple and I wanted a contrasting wood for the pages, Granadillo was handy and I think a fine contrast. I worked on the smaller book first to get the bugs and design changes out of the way before finishing the larger book. I am thinking on poping the grain with some gel stain and then a good rub down with BLO and a french polish finish. I might try an airbrush technique that I have used before on smaller items.
Short video.

]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:43:38 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32292 Dave Dave what i've been doing #29: Music Book http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32184 I have been piddling in the shop with a box project.

If you care to read a bit more visit my blog.
http://chiselandforge.com/woodworking/music-book/

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 23:35:29 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32184 Dave Dave what i've been doing #28: Just an update. http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32086 Hey guys sorry for not posting much. I have been real busy at work and the wife has had me doing some home remodeling. A lot of you have seen these, but I was asked to update them here.

Stanley 71 and Veritas

Block Planes.

Whale Tail joint.

Thanks guys. Update

]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:05:05 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/32086 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #20: Traditional Moulding Plane http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/31156 Here is a video on a plane refurbish from out of the box to use. The plane was bought online and a pleasant surprise when I got it. I have also posted this on my blog. It goes a bit more in depth.
ChiselandForge.com

Enjoy.

]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:21:16 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/31156 Dave Dave what i've been doing #27: New blog site http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30624 I want all my friends to now I am a proud Lumberjock. I have been wanting to grow a bit and have chosen to start my own web page. I will be learning to forge and needed to spread out into metalwork. I will still continue to post and blog here because lj’s is one of the biggest woodworking social forums in the world. I have made many great and wonderful friendships here. The management have been kind and thoughtful in the care of this site. So I would like for you to stop by and take a look. Give me some feed back. If you could stumble, like, 1+ and or tweet it for me.
Tell me what you think here or there.
WWW.CHISELANDFORGE.COM

]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:06:54 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30624 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #19: Coffin Smoother part 2 http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30595 A little more on the history of our American Planes.
Prison Labor was used by a lot of plane makers.
From the early 1800’s development efforts appear to be aimed at reducing labor costs and those reductions translated to a steady decline in the quality of wooden planes. American plane makers seem to have led the way in the effort save labor but British planes also suffered from the effects of cost cutting. The ultimate expression of this cost cutting probably was the use of prison labor by some US plane makers. Some of the changes include standardizing wedge thickness to two or three sizes, ill advised introduction of early machine production, reducing efforts at chamfering and shoulder details. Each of these has cascading results that impair the function, feel and quality of the planes.

Now after about an hour of sharpening on the Tormek, I finally got the chips out of the iron. I reassembled the plane and trued up the bottom.
Here are the results.

]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:14:59 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30595 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #18: Refurbishing an eBay $10 traditional smoother http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30547 This is a 9” coffin smoother purchased from eBay. It is a Cassy Clark and Co. from Auburn NY with a Clover Leaf iron.
Cassy Clark and CO.
The firm is known to exist from 1864 to 1893. George Casey reorganized the firm of Casey, Clark and Company as a joint stock company in 1864, under the firm name of Auburn Tool Company, capitalized at $700, 000. The 1865 New York State Census noted the firm as a manufacturer of plane, plane irons, and skates.
During 1864-65 and from 1874-77 the company used prison labor at the Auburn Prison The 1865 NY census reported that 50 men were employed, producing 35,000 planes worth $35,000, 25,000 dozen plane irons worth $12,000 and 30,000 pairs of ice skates worth $45,000 utilizing steam power.

Clover Leaf Irons
Reynolds & Co., manufacturers of steel cultivator teeth and workers in all kinds of sheet metal, are located on Washington Street near Barber’s mills. The business was established in 1861, on Mechanic Street, near the Auburn City Mills, by Asa R. Reynolds and his sons Samuel P., Mark and Napoleon.

There is a bit of history on the plane and iron manufacture.
I intended to make this a user. The body was cracked bad. The plane needed a lot of care. The iron had been chipped and put on a grinder in a poor fashion.
I broke the plane down and assessed my approach to the repair and rebuilding of it.
I used super glue gel to repair the body. Electrolysis to derust the irons and a worksharp 300, tormek combination to true up the iron and chip breaker.
I still need to finish the iron and square the bottom. After I test it I will assess if I need to replace the bottom. Part 2 is on its way.
Thank you for your time.
Check out my new blog www.chiselandforge.com an eBay $10 traditional smoother
My video

]]> Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:49:00 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30547 Dave Dave what i've been doing #26: nautilus cam bench clamp http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30092 I have seen cam clamps for benches of all shapes and patterns. I thought of the nautilus shell because of the golden ratio. Most cam clamps use a progressing curve. The shell is an easy to find curve on the internet. I have made 6. If they are used in a pair the need for a bit of friction is due. If used this way a piece of leather or some sandpaper should be applied to the edge of the pair. If you use the in a set of four they hold very well. I will apply sandpaper to two of them and keep the other four without. I like this for speed of clamping. If I am doing a lot of batch work this are a near perfect method of holding the piece. I have seen this shape used for holding rigging on sailing ships. The project is an easy build and fun to make.
I will also post this as a project for the Stumpy Nubs Jig contest.
Video as follows.

Thanks for your time!
All comments and questions are welcome.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 04:18:47 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/30092 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #17: Irwin Auger Bits http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29933 One after noon I had some time on my hands and took a little trip on my bike to one of my favorite antique shops. There was a almost complete set od Irwin auger bits in a boxed set. I had to wait a few days and went back with $30 and brought it home.
This is what I got.

The set was off a bit or two. It had a few extra of the same size. I scrounged around the shop and managed to come up with the missing ones the make the set completely Iwin. I then broke out the electrolysis bucket and cooked them a bit.

I then tended to the box with a bit of BLo and some glue. The bits range from a #4 to #16. they were cooked then polished and sharpened.

What good are bits without a few drills and braces.

And I have found a complete set of bits for my push drill. I am not telling what I paid for those. They were more than the drill

This has been fun. Thanks for your time.

]]> Sat, 12 May 2012 02:22:09 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29933 Dave Dave what i've been doing #25: Xylophone for my grandson http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29728 I made a xylophone for my grandsons second birthday. I had seen a old woodwright show where Roy had shown how to make a xylophone. The frame is red oak, the bars are also red oak. The mallets are made of sapele and popular. The frame was built and held together with dowels. The bars were cut then I used sawdust to find the dead spots to place the mounting holes. I used little squares of leather to float the bars above the frame. Here are some pictures and a short video.


Thanks for your time.

]]> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:48:24 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29728 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #16: A Tune-up on a Fore Plane http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29518 As most of you guys know I love my wood planes. I try to keep them in razor sharp condition at all times. They are a bit more needy than a metal plane. The sole doesn’t rust but is made of wood and it has a tendency to move. I don’t have any big projects sitting on the bench and had a half an afternoon. I grabbed one of my fore (some call it a jack) planes and tuned it up. You will first see the removal of the wedge. You can hit the plane on the top of the toe or heel. After the wedge removal I disassembled the iron. The chip breaker had some chips between it and the iron. That required to re-flatten the breaker. I also try to check the bottom face of the iron for flatness. They both were in need of attention. I do this on the worksharp. Once that is done then sharpening the iron on the Tormek. The plane needs a good cleaning and I do this with turpentine. I then reoiled the wood with BLO. Reassemble and test. I only hit the wedge with a wood mallet and the iron with a brass hammer.
The fore plane is the first plane you go to for surfacing a board They are considered a coarse plane. I have 3 good ones and keep them at different levels of stock removal. It is not critical that the sole be absolutely flat. The object is to remove stock fast. The mouth can be pretty wide as well. After the fore you would use a tri or jointer plane. That would get you to flat and square. Those are considered medium planes. Then you would use your smoother to finish the surface. That would be considered your fine grade plane. IMHO
Please ask questions, or comment. That is how I learn.
Thank you for your time.
A short Video

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:49:29 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29518 Dave Dave refurbishing old tools #15: Stanley 95 and holdfasts http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29462 I had bought a Stanley 95 and it was missing the cap screw. I searched the internet high and low to find one. There were none to be found. I had gone as far as New Zealand. Some of the LJ”S were taking screws from other style planes and letting me know if they would swap out. I couldn’t even find those screws. Thanks Smitty. A fellow LJ offered to get his brother to make me one. I sent the cap and BoxCarMarty returned it with a wonderful screw. Thanks, now I have a working 95 and the threads remained stock. That will help it hold the value. I sharpened the iron and gave it a spin.
Oh there was something else in the box as well…........

]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:19:43 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/superdav721/blog/29462 Dave Dave