I think the reason many people struggle with sharpening is because they approach it like an end in itself. I need to learn this technique so I can do woodworking. It's not. Sharpening is more like...
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I think the reason many people struggle with sharpening is because they approach it like an end in itself. I need to learn this technique so I can do woodworking. It's not. Sharpening is more like...
Someone once suggested to me to apply a tiny bit of wax polish in the areas where you expect the glue to squeeze out from the joints.
I haven't tried a leather roll, but every non-leather roll I've had eventually gets slit or pierced by the chisels. Probably something I'm doing wrong like not having something to protect/encase the...
I noticed in one of your posts you mentioned you had been spending time detail working recently. My question is whether you're using a metal working frame of reference for what is plumb. I find many...
Hi - I have a post drill set up in my shop. (Roy Underhill had one in his,btw.) Being a machine, setting it up to drill takes much longer than the process of drilling. I've never found the feed...
Hi Jason - to really isolate what's going wrong, perhaps you should break down your process, step-by-step for us.
But I recommend you use the blade to find out if something is really wrong...
I've always thought they language we use in discussing joints misleads. I'm sure the OP can, in fact, make a dovetail joint. He may not be happy with how it looks, but first and foremost should...
Fritz, the higher price you paid was a premium to ensure you got the item you wanted at the first sale price. It's common for sellers to hold sales, and later, drop the prices to get rid of the...
The first two also look like they're covered in dirt, filings, oil and other detritus. Some don't do this, but I soak the used stones in hot water with a good degreaser added. You'd be surprised...
Tom there is another big saw vice that isn't that heavy. Chris Shwartz showed his one time when he was at popular woodworking. I have one too and I see them on craigs list from time to time. It...
FYI - I was a member of that group, and while I found the sellers there fair and knowledgeable, the group is a sellers oriented group. The admins will generally act to protect the sellers first.
Always enjoyed his posts but haven't seen any for a long while. Does anyone know if something happened to him?
I have the ECE plane, which I used to cut the tails on my prototypes. For the female slot, I used the method Wood by Wrightshows on his video. The hardest part or the biggest failure for me was...
So I made a couple of prototypes with sliding dovetails lie this one...
Because it's designed for kneeling meditation, I wouldn't be able to fit my feet under the bench with the legs so far from the ends and a skirting. The first one I made used sliding dovetails to...
Hi thanks for the replies and sorry I wasn't clear. This is what I'm trying to do. I'm making a meditation bench. I want to attach the legs with M&T joints. The outer walls of the mortices begins...
Okay in my defense I did say the drawing was crude. I was attempting to show the positioning of the mortice, which runs across the width of the board about 1.5 inches of the end. The grain is...
I'll try attaching here. So it didn't blow out passed the end of the mortice. It split in two place along the wall of one of the sides that's parallel to one of the ends of the board. 479979
I've attach a crude drawing to show my disaster. I was chopping a thru mortice across the grain in mahogany. The board is a full 3/4 thickness and the first wall of the mortice is about 1.5" from...
I still find my ECE jointer finicky. I struggle to get the blade parallel so it's not taking more off on one side. Even after I set it up, it quickly goes lopsided again. Any tips?
Dan there are white a few plane makers on Instagram who seem very approachable, M Bickford Red Rose productions. For plane floats, you might try asking David Weaver if he would make you some. He...
Greg - also consider the real value of any savings you may get from research and bargaining amortized over the the usage life of the item. No one wants to get ripped off, but if you're buying a...
Warren - do you only use jointer the edge first when you're gluing up panels or do you always joint the edge first before moving to the face?
There's also a group on facebook dedicated to spare parts for Stanley planes.
Hi so the knicker on the dovetail plane is a small hexagonal wheel. Hopefully I won't need to think about it being too dull for many years because you can rotate the wheel and use all the corners. ...