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I plan to get pictures and maybe a video.

I had the paint color matched on the HD computer paint reader.

This is a stool my Mom (85) got as a new young bride from her grandmother's belongings. Her grandmother got the stool as a young bride and it went to mom, along with most of the contents of her...

I used the PayPal link. It was hit for the cost of the parts, plus shipping. No other unaccounted for charges.

I haven't posted in a long time. Mostly due to being out of the active woodworking game for a while. Work and my wife's health have been a priority. But I retired to be home to care for my wife and...

Jim,

No I won't be able to make it to the work day. I work a week on/week off schedule and won't be off till Thursday. I have been a member here quite a while but more of a lurker. I don't post a...

I'll be at the dovetail class and the show. I am as rank an amateur as they come when it comes to hand cut dovetails. I hope to remedy that. I am really looking forward to meeting Roy and fellow...

I just returned from 3 weeks of vacation. Two coasts in in three weeks and staying with three different family members. Man I was glad to get home. The first ten days was with my dad for his 80th...

Tom,

Welcome to the wonderful world of handtools. I am a fellow portsider. So left handed as to be almost non-functional from the right side. My right side works fine but you wouldn't know it to...

Thanks for the replies. I have some Alaska birch turning blanks that I salvaged from my firewood pile. They were from slabs I got back from the sawmill last year when I had some birch sawed for...

I read recently about the DNA drying process and perhaps I didn't research it enough but it seems it is used primarily for hollow cylinders and bowls. Could it be used for solid blanks such as chisel...

After all the holiday sweets my crew brought in this last week my butt end is large enough, thank you very much.:D

Marty

Bob,

I know spruce and diamond willow. I didn't know we had dogwood and crabapple in our area. I will have to keep an eye out for it. I am not familiar with cascara. Is it indigenous to south...

The handle is a good idea, except I have never been motivated enough to use a maul or pick axe hard enough to break one. I can't say as I ever seen many wooden baseball bats here. Just my wife and I...

Thanks guys for all the replies. I guess I will try a few with birch and a few with other hardwoods. I have been offered some pecan shorts so will turn a few of those into handles. Should be fun.
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I have a fair number of socket chisel I have collected . My dad sends them to me frequently from his auction finds. Most do not have handles. I have been unable to find hickory up here in anything...

That was a great video. It never ceases to amaze me what a true craftsman can do with hand tools.

Bob,

That is one beautiful table. The top is spectacular.

Marty

My dad, through the course of his auction going, finds deals on old chisels and other woodworking tools from time to time. In his last package to me he sent a large number of older chisels but also...

Harry,

Thanks for the information. Dad and I really appreciate the help.

Marty

My Dad is here on vacation and as is the case when we get together we get to talking tools and particularly old tools. He is interested in them because he buys and sells old tools and I because I buy...

Nathan,

Welcome! You have received a lot of great advice on this thread and there is little I can add except that you might consider getting an LN #5 and a low angle block plane; having some one...

All left handed. Except for roping. Found out after I learned to throw a rope that they do make left handed ropes. No joke.

Dave,

I am planning on building a log arch to pull with my machine. I have some acreage with lots of large birch to be removed and am picking up trees locally fairly frequently. If you are handy...

Dave here's a link to a blog over at LJ's of my machine doing some log loading.

http://lumberjocks.com/mart/blog/7919

Marty