It doesn't matter. The 2x12 you're going to buy is going to be green DF anyway (the widest KD DF in your location goes up to 2x10, don't know why). Also it's a workbench, the joints don't need to be...
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It doesn't matter. The 2x12 you're going to buy is going to be green DF anyway (the widest KD DF in your location goes up to 2x10, don't know why). Also it's a workbench, the joints don't need to be...
Since in real life I'm not limited in my saw choices, I have a folding kataba. It's an impressive tool, liked it so much that got me a folding dozuki. A tapered blade cuts and tracks very well, Silky...
A 500mm frame saw with 1" wide blade at 13TPI rip, just like it is today: it's for everything besides dovetailing (although it does that too occasionally).
But if I would be limited to only one...
You might need to replace a wedge as well. Abutments are laid using a particular blade and a wedge angle is taken from that. So if the taper of the iron assembly differs too much the wedge might not...
The groove on the front looks peculiar. I usually make it the same width as in slips, but just raise it one groove width up.
This type of a gauge has an annoying property: when a wing nut is tightened, the bolt works like a fulcrum and both blades move a little bit tangentially, which throws setting a few thou off. Mine...
Slightly offtopic: I'm in retail for as long as I can remember it and I'm yet to find a picker\packer who would be paying attention. Not that they're brainless, it's just it's impossible to pay any...
It really depends where exactly it's out of spec. 0.005" is about half of a pencil line width, so yeah, it's quite a perceptible tolerance. If a cutting edge is this much out of square for example...
How much movement do you expect from a thin-walled box anyway? If they would move, lids would either got pinched or wouldn't fit, so even if there's any movement - it's minimal. I still wouldn't go...
Yes, you're doing it right.
Polishing is required for the cutting edge only. It is required because if a cutting edge sharp, but jagged - the sticking out bits will crumble out taking surrounding...
I had exactly the same problem. Was expecting that two boards will straighten a middle one, but the opposite has happened. It was a trestle table too, so I had to use a tabletop stiffener, because a...
Of course. I'll tell you this: if that's a nice furniture piece - I'd whip out a protractor and probably set a couple of bevel gauges. Zig-zag laying up angles works for projects where a joint will...
Yes, I stand corrected, the 30˚- 60˚- 90˚ has 1 — √3 — 2 sides. The √3 side isn't a problem (even though we could mark a line exactly √3 long) , because my ruler locks at 90˚, so just need a short...
Most probably, yeah, I don't think he does it out of the kindness of his heart. And it's okay as long as the brand fulfills what Rob says in his promos.
If I remember it correctly, Rob's point in that video was that you could fix it on a diamond plate, but it would take days (this is true). And for him this is essentially lost revenue or something....
The screwdrivers look like Grace USA, a gunsmith tools purveyor. If that's Grace - it makes the whole lot worth it.
Why would you pick the saws up though? I've already counted like a dozen and a...
Also, in masonry. And most of the zig-zag rules on the marked these days aren't woodworker's rulers, they're too thick and too heavy. The brand that gets closest to what a good zig-zag ruler is...
This is funny. Because Rob spend like 30 mins bashing on Narex mortise chisels and one of the points was that a Narex chisel he used for a review was bent about 0.005" just like you describe. He was...
Flattening is done because of wear, not because of changes in humidity. With changes in humidity the shape of a tool changes as if it was proportionally scaled a tiny amount, that is, the body might...
Can't find where the book can be found in its proper form, but this is one of versions that has most images removed for copyright purposes:...
Not just in America. In some places yellow birch is still tools wood de-facto.
But the issue would be finding a suitable timber. I'd wager that getting straight grained QS yellow birch is way...
How do you make sure a chisel in a red jig stays square? I have a similar Veritas guide (not manufactured anymore) and I like it because it holds a chisel better than a side clamping jig, but setting...
Just making sure it was clear: the angle at the edge is what defines edge life and that the final edge is honed on the same side where the bevel is ground. A grind bevel has anything to do with edge...
Canvas and jeans work maybe in a pinch. They load too fast and they don't hold enough of polishing compound so results are just so so.
I don't think that compressing leather is an issue for...
"Factory" "specs" are arbitrary. If a "factory" would have know a thing or two about chisels - they would make better chisels. You're getting one spot of contact precisely because it's arbitrary and...