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Ran across this book: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=axktAAAAYAAJ


Practical Wood-Carving: A Book For The Student, Carver, Teacher, Designer, And Architect
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I'm with you on the Narex, I have the full set now after buying the 4 small set. Good chisels, and great price.

Sort of looks like a Leg vise from the pictures. I'll have to go pick that issue up, looks like a fun idea to play with.

Great find!

I got one a while back, and even though all the posts said it was super finicky to set up and stuff, I've found it to be quite easy to use. I quite like mine.

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I'm nearly done reading (the first time) and I'm pretty pleased with it.

The whole tool section is great.

It gets a tad preachy at times, but I can totally relate to where he is coming from. I...

Yes, and the "Small tool kit" episode based on the "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" book with Chris as well.

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There is a set of dividers that I got at Harbor Freight that had a ring for a pencil that I was able to pry off easily (cheap weld) and it turned into a very nice sturdy compass/dividers that I use...

Thanks for posting that, I've been meaning to make one of these, but have been having problems wrapping my head around it. Your method looks pretty simple, and I've got a new (old) miter box to tune...

I tried my first dado's using only hand tools the other day, and it was way easier than I thought it would be.

Dado's for shelves is the way to go.

In attempt to work on my writing skills, I...

That book was one of my favorite reads of 2010. Great job on the box!

I've heard of people doing this with hacksaw blades to make a "float" for smoothing the insides of plane bodies.

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I picked up the Mortise Chisel set, and they look very well made.

So far I've only used the first one I got for cutting plow grooves. Just a weekend ago I picked up a second one without blades for cheap at an Antique Show, and I'll be setting one of up as a...

Wow!

Don, thank you for taking the time to put that together, they say a picture is worth a 1000 words, and in this case it's true.

Thanks Don for the detailed description.

Thank you Adam, I am building a variation on the Nicholson, so this is perfect for my shop, and easy to set up and use. Also, it's infinitly adjustable to suit the work as well, something a sticking...

So that is what a sticking board is. I've read the term, but it didn't make sense to me. Now it does.

I have that episode recorded on my DVR, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet since my...

In a previous thread (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=151897) I asked about a molding plane I picked up (my first one).

I'm in the middle of building my bench, and I've got a little...

That makes sense, I was trying it out on a piece of cherry to see what profile it created and learning how to keep it sprung, is that the term for making sure the angle is right?.

I did it on both...

I live out on the Pacific Northwest, and it's hard to find a good source of the older tools. I get my fix bi-monthly at the one tool collectors club out here, but one of only other sources is antique...

I bought a cheap set of turning chisels at Harbor freight a while back, and they have performed quite well. I was surprised, but they hold up great. Decent (not stellar) steel that is decently...

I would highly recommend as your first project, building a saw bench.

I hated Hated HATED saws when I was younger, I could never get it right, it was too much work it would get stuck, all kinds of...

They are still up and running, and I'm now a current member. :) And now about every two months, about $100-$200 flows out of my wallet, and I come home with all manner of fun new tools.

They've...

Greetings Dustin, welcome to a slippery slope.

I'm not too far from the place you're at, and I totally know what you're talking about. I've been acquiring tools and knowledge for about a year...

I have made and use two wooden hammers in my shop.

I turned a round small applewood mallet for gentle coaxing, and light chisel work, and a monster Maple and Myrtle for heavy mortising.

Both...