I was clearing out a space in my shop and came across an 18inch scroll saw that someone gave me about 10 years ago. I've been woodworking for decades and I've just never really used it. I remember owning one way back in the 1980's, but can't remember anything I made with it. Right now it's taking...
Last Post By: Terry Wawro Today, 4:05 PMI had occasion to look at some Festool products on a recent trip. Nice stuff. I knew they were expensive but I had no idea :eek:. I'm no stranger to paying for quality, and I generally advocate for that approach. That said, is their stuff worth the dough or is it just for cork sniffers?
Last Post By: Jim Becker Today, 7:24 PMThis is mere curiosity. Background, I've lived in Texas for over 25 years, but I am also a native Spanish speaker and as such I recently been reading in a "handplane" group mostly comprised of folks in Mexico and South America. To my surprise one of the most valued planes is the Number 6....
Last Post By: Jim Koepke Today, 4:44 PMHi guys, I picked up a Sliding Bevel from Chris Vesper last weekend and just wanted to say that while it's not cheap it genuinely is an amazingly good sliding bevel. Aside from the fact it's machined beautifully and looks great the blade locking mechanism works extremely well....
Last Post By: David Zor Today, 8:42 PMHello, Here you are another episode of the inexperienced woodworker. Yesterdy I tried to flatten the back of a Robert Sorby long paring chisel. Because the diamond stone was taking too long I used 150grit quality sandpaper on a float glass. I decided to stick a 3inches wide by 12 inches long...
Last Post By: stephen thomas Today, 4:26 PMYES - One of my most used (Votes: 4)
YES - and I use it often/occasionally (Votes: 22)
YES - I wanted to have the whole set of bench planes (Votes: 4)
NO - don't see myself needing one (Votes: 10)
NOT Yet - but open to buy one (Votes: 2)
Just up the road for me. Going to be a fun year.
As for the watchmaker part: he was evidently also truly a tool hoarder. There are thousands
I have one of the Hillview bevel gauges. In my opinion it is the best bang for the buck on the market today (I’ve never used one of the Vesper ones so
David Zor Today, 8:42 PMOnce it is posted, there isn't any way to delete them that I know of. Deleting photos would leave gaps in posts, the same way linking photos stored elsewhere
Lee Schierer Today, 8:41 PMDehumidifiers should not run constantly. They are more efficient when they stoop periodically. If you turn down the control, they will stil dehumidify,
Lee Schierer Today, 8:36 PMLloyd and Stephen, I will definitely look into the configuration of those 3 items (TS, Jointer, and Planer)...they are giving me the most fits and I will
Steve Goetz Today, 8:28 PM
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.
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