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    if you are in the city Kauffman's on Bleecker...

    if you are in the city Kauffman's on Bleecker just above Houston is a shoe repair supplier and has good scraps and horse belly for strops.
  2. The difference in oaks appears to be between...

    The difference in oaks appears to be between quercus robur (English Oak) and quercus petraea (French or European oak), both pedunculate oaks and quercus alba (American White oak). Not a great deal of...
  3. Read Matt Bickford's blog (Musings from Big Pink)...

    Read Matt Bickford's blog (Musings from Big Pink) end to end, you will get most of what you need; and then try to visit a LN Open day when he is there. Go without your wallet.
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    I am very happy with the Hock and can hang it...

    I am very happy with the Hock and can hang it round my neck on a piece of ribbon - keeps it close.
    Buy direct
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    I found this article very helpful:...

    I found this article very helpful:
    http://www.planemaker.com/docs/octhandles.pdf
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    He just sent me two saw nuts (which he offered...

    He just sent me two saw nuts (which he offered for free), ordered and reminded two weeks ago. Not a big transaction but would have been annoying if it was dropped.
    I think he is perpetually backed...
  7. You might want to look at Patrick Edwards video...

    You might want to look at Patrick Edwards video on his bench to reassure you or make you change your mind....
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    And Peter Galbert has several entries on his blog...

    And Peter Galbert has several entries on his blog on how to do it
    http://chairnotes.blogspot.com/2011/05/drawknife-grinding-video.html
    and lookk under sharpening for jigs etc
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    You might start with Michael Darnton's book...

    You might start with Michael Darnton's book project about violin making and the workspace chapter
    http://www.violinmag.com/
    and then search for his shop pictures - he seems to use an ordinary...
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    I came across the figure in Richard Sennett's...

    I came across the figure in Richard Sennett's book The Craftsman (Yale 2008) as a working definition of how long a conventional 7 year apprenticeship offered towards mastery. Gladwell of course stole...
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    Check Gary Robert's site on toolchests:...

    Check Gary Robert's site on toolchests: http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/the_tool_chest/
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    Hold the axe as if cutting and find out where the...

    Hold the axe as if cutting and find out where the blade is parallel to the ground; cut your log 8 inches taller and make a step in it 8 inches down for basic cutting and detail cutting on the higher...
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    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/jim-tolp...

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/jim-tolpin’s-‘secret-of-the-sector’
    In Chris Schwarz'z blog a video of explanation.
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    Look at Patrick Edwards bench on the woodtreks...

    Look at Patrick Edwards bench on the woodtreks site. He has an excellent solution to vice placement and work practice....
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    And for your amusement check Greg Rossel's map...

    And for your amusement check Greg Rossel's map from Bob Easton's WoodenBoat School blog:
    http://www.bob-easton.com/blog/?m=200901
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    Capt Tinkhams in Searsport is the third leg in...

    Capt Tinkhams in Searsport is the third leg in the Hulls Cove /Liberty triad. May be better pickings there. And an interesting Maritime Museum.
    The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockland (on...
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    Milton's angels?

    Now build a boat.
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    Timber framing

    Check out timber framing and maybe investigate the 'standard' sizes for timbers cut at the time.
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    Responsible seller - Liberty Tool and Hulls Cove...

    Responsible seller - Liberty Tool and Hulls Cove who has found a lot of oldnew Swan recently.
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    Look at Brent Beach's pages

    http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/index.html
    He has eschewed the grinder in favour of a coarse bench stone and a jig.
    for $16 it may be the way to go.
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    Here is a current and working link

    http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/schedule/27season_video.html

    Also, Scott Landis shows the double tenon joint in his chapter on Roubo
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    Scott Landis has had a rough deal in the whole...

    Scott Landis has had a rough deal in the whole Schwarz as messiah scenario.
    Look at his (superior) book - fewer jokes, fewer half-baked 'solutions'.
    The Tarule Roubo is my ideal - an honest bench...
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    Check Drew Langsner

    Drew Langsner's Chairmakers workshop has good instructions.
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    So when are you going to do the book? Can you do...

    So when are you going to do the book? Can you do it in conjunction with Williamsburg and make it about the goings on in the shop there? Sort of 18th century tools brought to life with anecdotes. Or...
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    So when are you going to do the book? Can you do...

    So when are you going to do the book? Can you do it in conjunction with Williamsburg and make it about the goings on in the shop there? Sort of 18th century tools brought to life with anecdotes. Or...
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