About a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...
Last Post By: Derek Cohen Today, 11:04 AMMy friend in So. Dk. was given a fair amount of Osage Orange. He hauled home and called me to tell me how heavy it was. He said it had been in a barn for several years and was thrilled to have. The next day his back was hurting severely. He lives in a small town that has pretty good medical care....
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Last Post By: Alan Rutherford Today, 9:34 AMWhile reviewing different approaches in preparing card scrapers I found the method used by Rob Cosman to be the most involved. Basically he recommends flattening and polishing the 3 surfaces of each side, eventually using a 16000 grit Shapton stone. He also employs the Charlesworth ruler trick to...
Last Post By: John C Cox Today, 11:06 AMHi folks, I'm looking for advice on whether to ignore/repair/euthanize a misaligned Dewalt 735. A couple of years ago, I bought a used Dewalt 735 from a guy who had already installed a byrd cutterhead on it. I've recently realized that it is out of parallel by ~0.013". Picture attached...
Last Post By: Sam Shankar Today, 8:47 AMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
Wow! Never thought of that. (Votes: 0)
Been doing it with mirrors. (Votes: 2)
Ain't got a boat, truck, care… (Votes: 0)
I've been using and loving the no. 7 you gave me. The gouges were useful in hollowing out a shrinkpot I tried making for the first time. A shoulder plane
Assaf Oppenheimer Today, 1:32 PMI was afraid to ask Jim. I did bring it up one time and he said it was a different time. I will follow up with his daughter.
I have a
I saw an announcement in the local paper for one. I was there when it opened. The old boy that had died was a tool collector. He probably had 150 planes
Rob Luter Today, 1:30 PMThat's true, Tom. Sealcoat underneath does give a warm look under many WB varnishes. Another nice thing about using Sealcoat is that it prevents grain
John TenEyck Today, 1:20 PMThere have been a few times when someone has given me the wrong change, change for a twenty when they were given a ten or somehow a ten got in the one's
Jim Koepke Today, 1:15 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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