Great photos, and thanks for the explanation. I'll let you all know how it turns out....
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Great photos, and thanks for the explanation. I'll let you all know how it turns out....
Stewie: Thanks for your detailed post and the photos. My wedge is in decent shape, fortunately. The bed looks ok; I'll keep my fingers crossed since I'm not set up with floats.
It looks like you...
Thanks for all your suggestions. I'll use these as starting points for how to shape the iron.
How do you feel about Bill Anderson's suggestions (linked below) to have the nicker and iron both...
Hi Everyone: I'm working on making a small flotilla of boxes for Christmas presents, and I have gotten the bug to try out a moving fillister plane for cutting my rabbets. I have a garden-variety Ohio...
What a relief, thank you for the clear explanation!
I think folks who make and tune wooden planes are familiar with methods of dealing with shaving traps, so it might be fixable. They have specialty tools of course. You might try some of the wooden...
I'm not an expert, but I'll add my experiences, and let others comment further. Do let us know which of the Muji planes you are working with, that might make some difference. I have the one that Lee...
I have noticed that many of the youtube "speed dovetails" videos involve the instructor cutting very thin softwood (perhaps illustrating a drawer side), but resulting in their cuts only taking a few...
Super work, and congrats on the graduate. I'm sure his friends will be amazed at their gifts.
"Darling, what I'm most concerned about is noise and sawdust. I think with a little framing, it will keep everything contained in there much better." Perhaps drop some shavings around the house...
I think you are crossing the line if you use the plane. (I understand that this is just an example and you are not planning on doing this.)
If you order the tool, it arrives, and without using it...
Enjoyed that one, since Sellers is so rarely comedic. I like that he keeps a straight face most of the way through....
Looks like some are available on Amazon.
The experts will be along shortly to help. I'll be interested to hear, as I'm just starting to search for a moving fillister as well.
To retract the blade or loosen the wedge, tap on the back of...
I don't have a lot of experience with spokeshaves, but my my Veritas low-angle spokeshave leaves a nice polished cut on endgrain; I've been rounding over some walnut with it. I expect other low angle...
If you have any images of these, I'd be interested in seeing them. Adjustment is a mild irritant with my current shooting board. I'd be happy to shamelessly rip off your designs when I build a...
Sellers' shooting board might be up your alley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ypbvcxb-8M
It is simple to make out of baltic birch ply, fits your low-cost requirement, and it functions well. I'm...
I built a generic Schwarzbench out of DF, and don't regret the wood choice. It is plenty stable, and is holding up fine after a couple years. Maybe I would have gone with SYP had it been available in...
I believe someone felt that this leg style looked like the legs of the animated character of the same name. I have heard some students of JK use the term, but I can't imagine that he used it himself....
It helps me to remember to take as much weight off the saw as possible when you are starting it.
There are some brief but helpful descriptions of this principle in this "Homestead Heritage School"...
Gene: Thanks for taking the time to sketch this up. I was thinking about a dovetail arrangement like yours, but Patrick's comment above has me wondering if it is necessary. Perhaps I'll wait until...
William: ha ha, I love the "gumby" legs. I made numerous models in scrap, attempting to imitate them, but decided to go with a more ordinary taper. The table is only about 17" high, not enough to...
Patrick: Thanks for your observation here. Racking is really my main concern. I have prototyped some of the pieces, but I didn't make a prototype of the whole frame, and I was trying to imagine if a...
Thanks for the suggestions. The rough stock for the aprons is 4/4, so they will end up a little thinner than that.
Nicholas and Prashun: It sounds like you all are suggesting a square notch (with...
Hi Everyone:
I'm working on a coffee-table build here. I'm planning to lift an element from a Krenov table that I like (see below): a split top table, which has stretchers rather than aprons on...