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Looking for some assistance from Miller Falls folks.

I bought a lot of 6 block planes off my usual auction site. The planes were listed as a Stanley 130 and 5 unmarked planes. I was after a low...

Well darn. Thanks for telling me, at least I won't be waiting by the mailbox.
How do you sharpen your drawknives? I can only get mine sorta sharp. I think I have broken the code on my chisels...

The Crossman drawknife looks nice, good find. I have a couple of A. W. Crossman framing chisels with laminated blades and they are easy to sharpen and hold a good edge under heavy use. From the...

woodarvingillistrated.com has a forum that looks active.

To quote a gent I heard on NPR years ago. "Nothing varies across the US as much as the style of BBQ, but the worst BBQ I've ever had was damn good."

Hot blueing is 275-310 degrees F.

As a another option, one could have the saw reblued. There should be some old line gunsmith around that can do the job, although not with the cold rust blue that is on there now. It would look more...

I waas outbid on everything except flannel shirts.

I would mark the curve on the board using a batten and cut it with a band saw or jig saw. Drawknife and spokeshaves or circle plane are also options

I am an inexperienced wood carver, but I have accumulated a good number of vintage carving gouges. 517164
Old tools seem to pile up on my workbench.
A lot of these tools came from two estates,...

Laughlin Auctioins, Edinburg Va

For you folks with the Lie-Nielsen affliction (beyond my pocketbook) there is an online tool auction in Edinburg Va. next week. 20 or so various LN planes plus some saws and other bits. In...

There was a Rali (sp) plastic body plane imported from Switz in the 1980s that used a lightweight disposable blade. I don't think it sold well. I picked one up at an auction a few years back for...

quick release wood vise on left front, with pattern makers vise on right end as a end vise.

I have never used Mulberry, because I have never come across it, except as fenceposts. The tech specs on Mulberry are very similar to Black Locust, which I have used for about 10 or 12 socket chisel...

I found this a few years back while searching my stack of red oak, looking for the three pieces of sassafras I knew were there.514296

I would go with 3. It is just your own design detail. Only you, and everyone that reads this post, will ever know. It is also the simplest.

If there is no other interest, I would love the 5 1/2C. I use my No 6 for a lot of no. 5 jobs, because the blade is wider and I can skew the plane more, but it is heavy. The shorter length would...

Finally got time away from my medical bffs. I counter bored one of the dog holes in the 3 1/2 portion of the bench. Counter bore was 1" +/- deep leaving a 2 1/2"long 3/4" dia dog hole. I have two...

Jim, Thanks for the info on Red Mill, I had been looking for a while.

Pat D

I find it interesting your reference to Rex Mill type study. This was my go to for all things stanley planes because of the pictures. I have not been able to access it since about 2020.. What I...

I did apply the scratches from the sandpaper and the hack saw blades around the surface instead of along the axis of the shaft. I like you idea for keeping the spade bit centered better than my plan...

Ok, the two Pronghorn Iron Works holdfasts showed up yesterday. Here are the results of a quick try out. The holdfasts are 5/8" dia. round bar stock bent with a hand forged shoe tip. I bought the...

Don't fix it till its broke

I ordered two pronghorn iron works. For so reason I did not see the knight farm ones on etsy.
I will see how they work, the front of my bench is 3 1/2" thick, the back is 1 3/4".