Thank you! I always try to get as good of a grain match as I can......I look at the grain first....before doing much of anything else.
If one has the grain to show off, might as well do it up...
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Thank you! I always try to get as good of a grain match as I can......I look at the grain first....before doing much of anything else.
If one has the grain to show off, might as well do it up...
Last of the Rust Bunnies have been sent away...
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3 drill bits, and the 3/4" Craftsman chisel....
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Well, what do you know...they do fit the drill...Stanley No.8
Wondering IF that is...
Rehab of a Block plane...
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And..
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and..
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According to this stamp in the base...Number is a 217-16....Hmmm
Sole?
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It is good enough for a Block plane....
Appears to be by Sargent, sold by Sears as a Dunlap....under the cap iron it is marked as a 306/307.....on the base, behind the ramp of the mouth opening, it is marked as a 217-16
Iron is marked...
saturday morning...went back down to see what I missed....town was PACKED with people...to the point you almost HAD to park somewhere and continue on foot...spent $3....on 2 items..
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This...
After a rain storm rolled through...West Liberty, OH. still had their village wide garage sales...I had $6.76 in "Mad Money"...came back home with $0.76 left over..
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That $2 vise might come...
How slowly..
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Made in Cincinnati, Ohio, back in 1864.....G. Roseboom....1/4" as set up, was able to use other width cutters. Meant to use as part of a "Match" set....one...
So...how well does it do tongues for T&G joints like the OP was asking about?
No longer rusty..
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Brass has a shine to it...
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That top bolt is a smaller diameter than the other 4 bolts...
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And, seems to have been made that way, by Disston...
I did count...
Made from Ash..
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top is 7/8" thick...beveled the edge to make it appear a bit thinner, tried to get the grain to flow around the sides...
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Nothing really fancy, letting the grain do...
Gloss varnish has been rubbed out..table is DONE :D And will be heading out to the Gazebo...
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I can get by using just the one....second one is because it's spurs/knickers are in place...first one doesn't have a way to use them anymore....hole for the bolt was stripped out.
Haven't...
1st coat of varnish has dried, been hand-sanded @180 grit....I need to take an old T-shirt to the shop, later...and rub down, wipe off the table and drawer....then see about a 2nd coat of varnish......
One fly in the ointment...availability.....whereas one can buy a #45 almost every day of the week and have it shipped.....and NOT have to worry about any "Back-ordered" for months at a time.
I...
Coat #2 has been steel wooled...will get a wipe down, later today...and then a coat of "Warm Gloss" poly will get brushed on...
Stay tuned....
$1 RUSTY saw, today...
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Disston & Sons, pre-1928 D-8
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Have to learn to look beneath the grime, and a bent plate...because..
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15 minutes in the shop later...bends are gone,...
On the later models, Stanley added a way to micro-adjust the fence....They also went with a rosewood fence...Older ones, the rods were threaded into the main body. Newer ones were not...They also...
Hmmm..
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hmmm..
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One cut with the grain (Ash) and the other against it...
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Dresses things up a bit.
A Stanley No. 45, with the basic set of 24 cutters runs about...
Hmmm..
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Hmmm..
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The ORIGINAL 7 planes in one..
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Makes a batch of noodles, too...
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YMMV...
update....
1st coat rubbed out...2nd coat of amber shellac has been brushed on...
will take a picture or 2 later...not much change..spots I had missed on the 1st coat, now taken care of..
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"Trophy" for today..
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No.3 Saw Vise...$5...
Between the glare of the overhead lights..
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And this table does not stand all that tall..
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Makes it hard to get a decent PIP..
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Yes, I even shellacked the drawer...
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1st coat of Amber Shellac is on....table and drawer...waiting to see how it turns out, now...
Will have to wait a day or two, but..
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We getting there..
Drawer has been glued up..
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Screws were added to the back glue blocks..
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Proper screws, proper screwdriver...North Brothers 135
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Slots drilled to attach the base to the top......