Tom LaRussa
10-25-2004, 11:20 PM
I spent a little time this weekend working on my Hacker Bench. Managed to cut two mortise and tenon joints for two of the legs to attach to one of the set of feet. I did a really lousy job on the first one, and a lousy job on the second one, which, hopefully, means that I'll do a pretty decent job one of these time soon. :rolleyes:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/2feet.jpg
I also worked a tiny bit on the plane into which my first home-fired plane blade is scheduled to be fitted. I call it the boat-tail, because it sort of reminds me of the boattail speedsters of the 1920's and 1930s.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/boat-tail01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/boat-tail02.jpg
I finished the grinding on my first attempt at a carving knife, which I plan to use -- a la Krenov but without the talent or experience -- to carve detail pieces for larger projects. Boy, shaping a knife is not easy. This blade started out quite a bit larger than it is now. It kept shrinking as I repeatedly reground parts I had messed up.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/1st_knife01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/1st_knife02.jpg
I also began grinding the main bevel on two more paring chisels. I have found that this sort of grinding is not too difficult, so long as I stay away from the grinder and use the bench belt-sander instead.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/new_par01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/new_par02.jpg
Finally, I began another lamination glue-up. This one will be used to try out some goofy ideas I have on plane making.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/nextglue01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/nextglue02.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/2feet.jpg
I also worked a tiny bit on the plane into which my first home-fired plane blade is scheduled to be fitted. I call it the boat-tail, because it sort of reminds me of the boattail speedsters of the 1920's and 1930s.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/boat-tail01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/boat-tail02.jpg
I finished the grinding on my first attempt at a carving knife, which I plan to use -- a la Krenov but without the talent or experience -- to carve detail pieces for larger projects. Boy, shaping a knife is not easy. This blade started out quite a bit larger than it is now. It kept shrinking as I repeatedly reground parts I had messed up.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/1st_knife01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/1st_knife02.jpg
I also began grinding the main bevel on two more paring chisels. I have found that this sort of grinding is not too difficult, so long as I stay away from the grinder and use the bench belt-sander instead.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/new_par01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/new_par02.jpg
Finally, I began another lamination glue-up. This one will be used to try out some goofy ideas I have on plane making.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/nextglue01.jpg
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~augieboo/wood/nextglue02.jpg