I've cut my own teeth on a couple of saws with a file. It's not a lot of fun, but it can save some money and an old saw plate.
Jimmy, have you ever tried a kumquat? They are like tiny pear shaped...
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I've cut my own teeth on a couple of saws with a file. It's not a lot of fun, but it can save some money and an old saw plate.
Jimmy, have you ever tried a kumquat? They are like tiny pear shaped...
Since this thread has been rejuvenated I've learned a little.
The "Faraday cage" holder came without instructions. There is a pocket on the top of the pouch that when opened appears to be where...
This is an interesting dilemma.
My first honing stone was a soft Arkansas (Washita?) purchased at a hardware store in the late '60s or early '70s. It kind of did okay for someone who didn't know...
I need to open a new email account. Currently it seems there is a lot of items coming my way from web sites I vaguely recall visiting. I tend to not give my email freely, somehow they got itk.
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Ants can be interesting. Candy is driven crazy by ants. We do not have many in our area that enter the house. Outside I have seen four or five different species of ants, from small black ants, redish...
Do not depend on the rivet in the frog to hold it against the bending pressure. It could snap off the top of the frog.
jtk
Your first image looks like it might also be the lateral lever disk or the adjusting fork holding the blade off of the frog's face.
Do you have a metal vise?
Even a drill press vise might...
Alfred Hitchcock heightened ornithophobia and brought it to public attention in 1963.
Don't forget, there is some evidence that birds evolved from raptors of the dinosaur era.
jtk
It all comes down to how much camber you are trying to create. The amount of camber should be in relation to the thickness of shaving one wants to achieve.
If you want to take final smoother...
Some of my saws have arrived in pretty poor shape, but never as bad as you describe.
Is there enough straight back to shorten the saw?
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This one was made from a backsaw blade that came...
I don't think my abilities with sandpaper on cast iron would translate to being able to use a milling machine to acquire the same result. (Therefore my statement that the knowledge and skill sets of...
Sharpness is easy to test. Sometimes it is easy to see by eye.
Flatness can also be checked with tools and knowledgable examination.
It helps to know what problem needs to be fixed before...
Sometimes it helps to remove the depth adjuster and use a wire brush to clean the threads on the bolt. If you have a small bottle brush or a tube brush cleaning the threads on the adjuster wheel is...
Sometimes my neighbors blast their bass in my direction and this might be a good way to let them know I would like them to turn it down. :D
jtk
Don't try fixing a problem when there may not be a problem to fix. The sole looks a little rough, clean it with some mineral spirits, rub some wax on it and see how it does before trying to flatten...
These endorsements led me to look up Shellawax. All was good until at the bottom of the Lee Valley page for the product was this:
Anyone have any ideas on why that may be?
jtk
Try searching > air mattress inflator pump < many run off of a car battery. Some have their own rechargeable batteries.
jtk
That is terrible. I hope they catch the culprit.
People deserve to be free of such senseless actions.
jtk
There are a few ways to do this. One easy way is with a long piece of paper. Lay it out on a flat surface with a pin at either end. Hold the straight edge under test to one side of the pins. Draw a...
I think I will start searching for people wanting to give away millions of dollars…
jtk
It is interesting sometimes to go back to the beginning of a thread to see how things started. What was missed by me in the original post was the part about "using the Lie-Nielsen instructions."
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The use of a bevel up versus bevel down plane will not be much different. The biggest difference will be dealing with the chip breaker. Though there is some fiddly bits about setting the chip breaker...
Something tells me there is more trick taking place at the center of the blade than at the edges.
This is one of my reasons for suggesting people not try every trick there is.
Step one: Get a...
There are a few ways the money supply increases. When government issued bonds are redeemed, the money to redeem them either has to come from the taxpayers or the government printing presses. (can you...
To me it seems the problem with the ruler trick is its imprecision. People have different widths of stones and rulers. I'm not even sure about the correct way to do the movement of the blade. It...