usually the order is not so important for me. I mark both tenon and mortise with the same mortise gauge (japanese style, with knifes) (to a mortise width that suits one of my chisels). Then I cut the...
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usually the order is not so important for me. I mark both tenon and mortise with the same mortise gauge (japanese style, with knifes) (to a mortise width that suits one of my chisels). Then I cut the...
A simple shelf, at good standing height for me. Small wooden tray with a bridge collects sharpening smudge and flattening slurry which dries in the tray and can be disposed of later. Stones, water...
I draw before, without regard to what dimensions the wood have. I have a feeling the clumsiness and too thick parts often come from the predimensioned wood. Not all parts have to be 3/4 inch thick....
My feeling about bevel angles is not so much about the numbers as about how low an angle the steel and your style/technique of working can accept. Which applies for any chisel, paring as well as...
I also have a doug fir top, and a cherry planing stop. It also varies over the year in how easy it is to move, but not so much to cause any troubles (never stuck). Maybe it would be a good idea to...
Nail polish maybe, a small spot somewhere where it won't interfere with the bedding or the mechanics. And you can choose your own color code for different angles.
its easy to make that rounded profile free hand on the stone. Take a reference measurement, so that you know how steep say 50 degrees is, then just pull the cap iron towards you, with trailing edge,...
shaving and dust build-up in the corner of the track?
How about going on with your idea, but in a non-destructive manner. I imagine a kerfing saw blade, attached to a kind of pocket, in which the skate of the small plough plane fits snugly (both in...
just to add what has been already said. Winding sticks are more universal than a straight edge and can be used in many instances. As have been said, on narrow boards any difference on diagonals might...
if there is no cracks, you don't need any extra length apart from a little margin for glue-up and squaring up in the end. If there are cracks, cut them out before and then cut to your wanted length....
what about breaking the extra inch off? clamp it tightly along the break line (+ a little margin) and then bend it with pliers or hammer back and forth until it snaps. Should go fast with saw temper....
I second Mikes suggestion. Make it yourself and start with the hole for the screw and fit everything relative to this hole.
the only new, fine plane I bought was the veritas small plough plane. All others I have made or restored and will keep making the planes I need. At the time I needed a plane to plough grooves and...
It has already been said, but if this is your first handplane project I would rethink using hard maple. It might be very tough planing. If it is not too late (boards already bought) there are many...
What Warren said.
You also need to know your planes well. By practice you will know your jack and try plane settings so that you have an idea of how many strokes it takes to take so and so much...
What Jim said. Dont need no special saw. Just waste away the wood close to the line in straight cuts and plane away the rest. The other option, what I would do is to waste away close to the line with...
Is it possible that your washita game is low? My experience is that it is what you do on that stone that makes the difference, not the bare leather. Aim for an edge that is good off the stone itself,...
Very true, only get short periods of shop time as well and I have the same mindset. "today morticing", "this evening finish planing", "this time roughing out parts" etc.
I also have the shop in...
way to go! congratulations and thanks for sharing your first sale. Have been thinking about etsy myself, just to see if something I made would sell.
I lap plane soles without glue. Have rolls of sandpaper with no adhesive backing, and instead clamp down one end of the paper on the bench, below the surface of my granite block. Since I´m only...
seems like a nightmare to flatten that benchtop when needed. Unless the pipe is easy to back out again.
maybe you dont have to change your top at all, but make some square inlays of a harder and better wearing wood at the holes?
I also have a doug fir top, and havent noticed any larger deformation...
Your build threads are always a delight Mike. Absolutely top of this forum. Thanks for sharing your heavy load of progress pictures!
yes you can!
but you don´t really have to. A piece of wood, with a damp rag on it will hold the stone just fine. Or make a wooden holder in pine (dont overthink that the wood will not last...