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    David Charlesworth's "Furniture Making...

    David Charlesworth's "Furniture Making Techniques: Five Topics" DVD has a segment on setting up scraper planes including the #80. The threads that the others linked to cover pretty much all the same...
  2. You both are probably right. I just watched the...

    You both are probably right. I just watched the scene in the Woodwright's Shop episode where Steve did the berries and stringing and he used a soldering iron and feeler gauges. I bet he has...
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    Alice Frampton (Alf) has a tutorial for making...

    Alice Frampton (Alf) has a tutorial for making London pattern handles on her website :

    http://www.cornishworkshop.co.uk/chiselhandles.html

    Wendell
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    I love my Kingshott videos too. I am glad to...

    I love my Kingshott videos too. I am glad to hear that they are coming out in DVD format so more people can enjoy them.

    My second favorite videos are Chris Schwarz's. I would highly recommend...
  5. John, Your bench sounds exactly like the bench...

    John,

    Your bench sounds exactly like the bench I first built. I made mine from a Woodsmith article. I have never had any problems with mine moving around or flexing. It's plenty heavy.

    I...
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    I think of a hand tool router as a finishing...

    I think of a hand tool router as a finishing tool. I wouldn't want to make grooves with only a router plane or at least nothing very wide. Typically you would rough out your grove, rabbet, or dado...
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    Keith, Here's my simplistic explanation of...

    Keith,

    Here's my simplistic explanation of higher cutting angle. Think of the plane blade as wedge you are using to drive under the surface of the wood and peel a shaving off the surface in a...
  8. Derek, With the current camber you have on...

    Derek,

    With the current camber you have on your LA jack blade, do you think you can pull a 5-6 thou shaving and still have the edge feather to nothing? Or would you need to increase the camber?
    ...
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    Are the slivers tearout? If it's tearout, try...

    Are the slivers tearout? If it's tearout, try increasing the bevel angle of the block plane blade. This will give you a higher effective cutting angle which might help.

    Wendell
  10. Chris Schwarz's video with the stock preparation...

    Chris Schwarz's video with the stock preparation is a DVD entitled "Course, Medium, Fine". It is published by Lie-Nielsen. There is also an article in the Feb '06 Popular Woodworking with the same...
  11. If you really want to see a difference between...

    If you really want to see a difference between using a scrub and using a fore/jack plane as the first step, watch Chris Schwarz's video and compare to it Rob's method. As Bob said, Rob is...
  12. Chris Schwarz's "Course, Medium, Fine" is another...

    Chris Schwarz's "Course, Medium, Fine" is another good video that covers stock preparation with hand planes. I like Chris's video better personally because I think it has more details like which...
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    Do we get bring tools back with us in this...

    Do we get bring tools back with us in this hypothetical adventure? Just kidding.
    I would love to study marquetry and inlay from a French master like Andre Charles Boulle. I don't know much about...
  14. I want confirm the stuff Wiley said about planing...

    I want confirm the stuff Wiley said about planing towards the open end of a bench. I put a small Record face vise on the right end of my current bench because I could never understand why vises...
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    Garret Hack also has a video called "Beading with...

    Garret Hack also has a video called "Beading with Scratch Stock, Moulding Plane & Router" put out by Fine Woodworking. Short and sweet but goes through the whole process of making a scratch stock. ...
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    "Making Traditional Wooden Planes" by John M....

    "Making Traditional Wooden Planes" by John M. Whelan. Chapter 15 covers making a traditional wooden dado plane. Another good book for wooden planes is "Wooden Planes and How to Make Them" by David...
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    Thanks Art. I ended up using both methods. I...

    Thanks Art. I ended up using both methods. I could rotate textures on flat surfaces through the right click menu. For the curved surface like a bead molding, the menu doesn't show up so I had to...
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    SU Texture Orienation Question

    I've tried looking this up through SU help but can't find a good answer. How do you change the orientation of the way a texture is applied to a face? It is very distracting to have the grain of a...
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    You can also edit any other material that you're...

    You can also edit any other material that you're using. Go to the edit tab on the Materials tool and there is an opacity slider at the bottom. I don't like most of the translucent material choices...
  20. Robert, Do you have the Woodworking Magazine...

    Robert,

    Do you have the Woodworking Magazine with Chris Schwarz's article on the Roubo bench? Very good info on this style of bench. Also his blog has lots of info especially on a wagon vise. ...
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    I bought a bunch of 6" x 48" belts from...

    I bought a bunch of 6" x 48" belts from www.supergrit.com. The belts work fine and the price seemed decent to me. They've even worked on their website since I ordered so it's not dog slow any more....
  22. Have you seen this post by Bob Smalser, our...

    Have you seen this post by Bob Smalser, our resident boat building expert?

    Seven Foot Oars

    He shows some of the hand tools he used in the process of making some oars. I did not see any sanders...
  23. Both the Jim Kingshott and Chris Schwarz videos...

    Both the Jim Kingshott and Chris Schwarz videos use a wooden jack plane with a heavily cambered blade for the initial surface prep of rough lumber.

    Wendell
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    Two videos that I know of that cover surfacing...

    Two videos that I know of that cover surfacing rough lumber with hand planes are :

    Rob Cosman - Rough to Ready
    Chris Schwarz - Course, Medium, Fine

    I have both videos. I personally like...
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    A tight mouth on the jack will actually be a...

    A tight mouth on the jack will actually be a determent to heavy stock removal which is what I think you intend to use it for, right? Clearly you should send it to me. By the way, YOU SUCK!!!

    In...
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