I made the iron. Ordered the materials from speedy metals a few years back.
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I made the iron. Ordered the materials from speedy metals a few years back.
Thanks.
Metal work isn't harder, just more time consuming sometimes.
In many respects woodworking is much harder. I hear machinists bash woodworking occasionally, since tolerances are...
I built my first infill plane recently. Based on its performance and how much enjoyment I got making it, I have a feeling I'll be making a bunch more.
This was a bit of a learn as you go project,...
Feed n wax is good stuff. I normally use it as a polish/maintenance on oil finished surfaces.
If the screw is really dry, you might try soaking it in a 50/50 mix of BLO and mineral spirits over...
Nice bench design.
I like the ratchet mechanism on your leg vise. I've built a few of those, been using one I made out of aluminum for the last year.
I have the lever mechanism on the same...
Very sharp, very light cuts, skewing the cut helps. The only other thing I'd mention is that a chisel with a more acute angle on it helps a lot as well. Since cuts are light in a very soft wood...
Thanks Steve, Stewie. . .
I looked at the floats I have a little more closely last night. Seems that I have floats ranging from 5 degrees negative to about 15 degrees positive, with the majority...
Just curious if anyone can tell me what angle their floats teeth are filed/cut.
I've got a variety of floats, but most of them are shop made, either by me or came with other tools I was buying. ...
Here it is, sans pull, which I have yet to make.
Very nice Derek! Adding Dovetail runners to mine as bottom mount drawer slides. Just about done, need to make a pull of some sort.
I made mine with a scrap of Ipe. I always forget how much I...
He got it pretty much finished up the other day. A few handles, ring pulls for the tills, then making some racks and holders for the tools he starts getting. (Currently he has very few tools)
By...
Well, for a first go with minimal instruction and oversight, not too bad. I had to step out to meet with customers so didn't get a chance to correct/instruct as much as I should have.
He'll need...
Thanks!
Nice shop cabinet! I have two pieces of glass left over from a job that I have been wanting to build into a shop cabinet door set, but am really worried that the glass will get broken...
I do not own that plane, so no hands on experience with it.
I would contact Lee Valley. They will likely have a solution (Or a longer screw)
I'd see if I could find a longer screw rather than...
I have been meaning to make this or something like it for a long time. Dirt simple, but clears up the clutter of blades and accessories for the Router plane.
No more worry about knocking the...
Yep. And my first assumption is nearly always that I am merely the last in a very long string of people to arrive at the same conclusion/jig/technique/etc.
Dovetails have been around for 4000...
Thanks. This would be easy to build using almost any threaded rod of any description. Depending on the size you make it it probably wouldn't see really high stresses on the screw so I'd imagine even...
Tom,
That is a nice looking bench!
Hard to tell from the pictures, but on the wagon vise side it looks as though the dog row is above the cabinets. Have you found the dogs difficult to pop up...
Tony,
Hopefully this link is not disallowed, but here is a set of plans for a traditional tail vise. Not sure if it'll help at all, since it sounds like you are rebuilding rather than building...
I have built several iterations of this vise over the past decade or so for holding small parts and irregular shapes. A while back I needed an in between sized vise and didn't have one. So, I made...
Thanks. Depending on what sort of marking knife you use and how small you make your half pin, it does cramp the area. Not a big issue for me for a few reasons.
A: I made the "tail" of the fixture...
I've been getting ready to teach a new-ish employee how to cut dovetails.
Had to make another twin screw vise, and wasn't wanting to run another batch of wooden screws, so I grabbed a few offcuts...
I came to the realization that storing tools like that was not the best idea for me. It is one thing if a tool is a part of a set, or if I have projects planned for a tool in the future, but I go...
I use mine all the time. Sizes from tiny little 1" machinist parallels to the 14" sets I have.
They are great for use in milling setups, as stop blocks on machinery, stands during layout and...
I've also been looking for longer ones, but haven't had much luck.