For the last eight years I've sharpened my tools with waterstones, they work well, sharpen quickly, the results are consistent, but I'm getting a little tired of the mess, constant re-flattening and...
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For the last eight years I've sharpened my tools with waterstones, they work well, sharpen quickly, the results are consistent, but I'm getting a little tired of the mess, constant re-flattening and...
Sliced my left hand just behind the palm with a chisel I'd left sitting on a sawhorse, didn't even notice until I noticed blotches of 'fresh red paint' here and there. Lesson: Don't be bloody...
I've recently finished a roubo style bench, 240cm long and52.5cm wide and 90cm in height. So far, no complaints. I'm 182cm tall.
I'm no expert but, secure a piece of scrap, it doesn't matter what species. Begin your kerf, after you've begun your track and within 2 inches or so, stop, and consciously, think about how relaxed...
I'm in the process of building two wardrobes using hand tools only. The problem is while cutting the dados in the carcass I'm getting an unacceptable amount of tearout on the shoulders. Both left and...
Cutting mitres for an old home, windows, doors etc; for me that's where it really shows its utility. Just my two cents.
I need to replace one and yes, I was thinking about having a go at making one.
Just out of curiosity how was the depth gauge on a moving filister manufactured. I've always assumed it was cast from molten brass. but is it possible it was worked from a solid piece? Also, does...
I think you mean "Imperial makes no sense.....to me"
Warren, seriously, youre comparing a man in his late fifties with a hand saw against a guy in his mid thirties with an axe!!! Apples to oranges my friend.
Really impressed, and in cherry no less. Just a quick question regarding the planes used. Why are coping planes so difficult to find.
Mine is saws, God help me!!!!!
In my fantasy Christie Brinkly is walking towards me wearing a bikini and carrying a Karl Holtey Jointer with a flame maple body,just gorgeous...........and then I wake up. Buy only what you NEED,...
I thought about using a through tenon but I was hoping to use a stub tenon.
My daughter is returning home and is needing a new bed frame, an ash tree that had been growing near to her bedroom during her childhood had been harvested a couple of years ago and I thought it...
I agree with everything you say, in my time eBay has provided me with both gems and lemons. But I think we may be losing sight of the gentlemen's original post content, he just wants a plane for...
Pop over to your local Lowes and pick up one of their blue Kobalt planes,it's approx a 41/2, you will in all likelihood have to flatten the sole,a coarse sandpaper attached to a 16x4" piece of plate...
Just wondering,
Beyond historical precedent,is there any reason why a hardwood other than Beech could not be used to make molding planes, I know in the past bench planes were built using other...
Whoa, take it easy, k.i.s.s. indeed! Good idea about the fat finger though.
Purchased a Stanley 45 the nickers could do with some maintenance, what is the easiest way to sharpen them, I've got big fingers holding these things is not easy.
avid
Soooo....the general consensus so far is not a good idea,hmm Schwarz et al,nwould appear to give the impression of the opposite, lots of differing opinions, I should say that my shop is unheated and...
So, thanks to the generosity of a saw mill owning friend, I took possession of two slabs of white oak5" thick and quarter sawn billets approx 6"" square,and yes my intention is to build a Roubo...
16'x16 originally a farm blacksmiths shop,the remains of the forge and chimney are still intact. Mostly hand tools,also a table top thicknesser(aka 'the screamer..it's bloody loud)'a band saw and an...
Dave, is that curtains on the windows?
,So a wooden bodied 22" jointer came into my possession,slight checking on ends,ragged mouth,coated in dirt,all the usual indications of general use,age,and neglect. The iron has a slot for a chip...