The Harvey is essentially the Laguna SUV which is considered by many to be the best 14 inch bandsaw available (although Laguna no longer markets the SUV). It now has double bearing guides instead of...
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The Harvey is essentially the Laguna SUV which is considered by many to be the best 14 inch bandsaw available (although Laguna no longer markets the SUV). It now has double bearing guides instead of...
Sliding dovetails are a fantastic way to keep tops from warping. They can be tapered (many videos of ways to accomplish this) or you can simply do a non tapered. Here is how to do a nontapered...
Wet the knots with paint thinner (won't rust your planer). You will get a wonderful finish. Of course, make sure your knives are as sharp as possible. I have a Parks planer and it is very easy to...
Nice Porsche Derek. What model?
I use my side rabbet plane mainly for the fitting of too tight sliding dovetails. Slide the mail portion of the dovetail into the female side till you get "significant" resistance. Mark the point...
It simply is a measure of sharpness. Not only do I try to cut the paper using the push method ONLY, but I look at the edge of the cut for ragged edges which would indicate a duller cutting edge. If...
Don't remove the filters. Blow out in place with an electric leaf blower (7 amp is plenty powerful enough) but make sure you cap the intake or the dust will blow back into your shop. Works great!
Put a particle meter on that set up to see its effectiveness. I use successfully finer filters- merv 4, merv 9, merv 13. It is amazing how effective the system can be. I have 5 of them in my shop!
William is a funny guy! (And he knows his stuff!)
Jim brings up a good point. You need to develop a quick test to see how sharp the tool is- whether shaving hairs, slicing a thin sheet of paper, cutting end grain, etc. When you have achieved the...
There are a thousand ways to strop an edge and a thousand different mediums to construct a strop. I think it is important to TEST the edge before reusing (whether stropping or not). A simple way is...
It is the largest cambered plane that I use. Rarely have case work which would need a larger cambered plane. No. 7 and 8 for jointing edges.
It is not hard to learn saw sharpening. Millions of videos showing the skill.
Welcome! I remember when I was where you're at. Although there are days when it seems I haven't progressed much!
Stropping beyond 8000 would save you money. Easier to keep it sharp, then to get it sharp!
It is my try plane for large panels, table tops, etc. A little camber works great on it. #7 and #8 for jointing only.
Take a piece of paper (I have a lot of stick-its in the shop). PUSH (not slice) the edge into the paper. If it cuts with little effort and their is NO rough edge to the cut what-so-ever, then I...
Used urethane foam almost 40 years ago on my post and beam house. Was far superior to any existing alternative then and still is today. More costly yes, but over the occupancy of the house and...
Sometimes concave, sometimes convex; depending on what will yield the most out of the board.
Those magnetic clean sweep inserts are the best system I have seen. And I probably looked at all of them!
Leather and white compound. A bit more coarse that the green, buy rarely do I have to use stones to maintain an edge on all my tools. Easier to stay sharp that to get sharp!
I use my #6 as the largest of my cambered planes. Unless it is something quite wide or long, it should do the trick for flattening.
Definitely go with the Oneida. The short funnel design of the Laguna (and a bunch of others) lets way too many "fines" into the filter. Also, a "beater bar" on the filter itself is questionable due...
The BB stamped on your plane indicates in fact that it was manufactured by Millers Falls.
You probably don't have square edges on your boards as you glue them up. Orient them as you want. (Alternating grain patterns really doesn't make a difference if they are properly dried). Mark the...