stephen thomas
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I like it! smt

Oh goody! Planes and esoterica! I used to work occasionally with some Korean carpenters so am sort of familiar with oriental saws. The parents...

That is spectacular! It is hard for me to grasp the effort and time to clean and polish well enough to re-electroplate. Do you reverse plate to...

WEST with WEST graphite bedding compound is quite black. I do not know if it is appropriate to your project. The lines and the corners are true...

That MF # 10? (I think it is a 10? The 10" smoother with the 2-3/8" iron) would be a nice get. Some nice chisels, too. The rest is pretty...

I just keep learning about new tools i never heard of since signing up here! That said, they look useful. However, one set only is about 1/2 way...

Amen! Years ago, after making plenty of tooling, i came to the conclusion that somehow, over mulitple tries, i just did not manage to make good...

Thank you for the supportive and nice comments, guys! Always wanted one of them with the handles! Used to scour Old Tool Journal when it came...

Based on materials, i think you need coolant, but not abrasives. See my previous note, i now disagree with abrasives. To answer your Q, no,...

I posted a long reply last night and it got wiped out when hitting the "reply" button. Basically, you can do that with one bullnose cutter, but...

Cool fixtures, beautiful tractors! smt

NY libraries have maker spaces. Not sure about other states. The "kids" at our local version sometimes get a kick out of replicating stuff like that...

PS: & please edit Sandy Pond out of my first post. It's timed out for me to do it. Thank you! smt

Jim - i always wanted it to work, too. And certainly hope everyone except me had the perfect relationship! But when i had specs in the old days, i...

I am so glad that Irion is local. But yeah, you don't want to go back there, 'specially not that nasty cherry.... :) smt

What material are you cutting? IOW, would a tile saw serve you better? A step up in precision and locational positioning could be a surface...

Oops, my bad, i need to apologize. My experiences described as with Sandy Pond above, were actually with Rick Hearne. That's what happens when you...

A slick has rocker. Backside is not dead flat, as a chisel's should be. Even though the socket is essentially inline with the blade as a chisel's...

Aha! steve (me) posted: I was not familiar with (modern?) cutterheads since about the time of the Oliver ITCH heads, which are helical. Based...

Does "spiral" relating to a cutterhead mean individual insert teeth? (I think i have a few true spiral cutterheads, for taper mills, but don't see...

His story, activism, family, and background have fascinated me more than the music, but i have been delving into it a little bit more. Do your...

Of the ones i'm willing to name on a public forum :) West Penn Hardwoods & World Timber Corp, both in NC are people i used to deal with. First...

That was a strange choice. AFAIK, 6K only fits the South Bend 10K ("light 10" ") lathe, and maybe some oddball indexer or dividing head ISTR. ...

Glue & clamp the stuff you can in the shop. Design to use screws for assembly if possible. When we used to do a lot or redwood and cedar 1/4" or...

Paul - thank you for the compliment! Michael B. - this site needs a "Like" button - i'd add a few for your bench! Your project inspired/reminded...

A few weekends ago, my project sort of resembled yours, with the LED's. My ongoing project is making and installing mouldings in my poor wife's...

You may have acquired one by now? As has been said, if all systems are in good condition that might be a very nice machine to have. A few notes...

Penofin works. Either the clear or cedar (color) versions for outdoor use. Unfortunately it will significantly darken the wood. As i believe any...

Are you copying the (Dutch? Scandinavian?) guy who made a huge old masters copy in wood that way? IIRC he eventually got support from a major glue...