I probably have 5 pairs of the Gramercy holdfsts and they all work fine in all of my 8 or 10 benches i have. 3/4 inch holes 1 1/2 to 3 inch thick construction lumber , 2 1/2 inch birch and ash and...
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I probably have 5 pairs of the Gramercy holdfsts and they all work fine in all of my 8 or 10 benches i have. 3/4 inch holes 1 1/2 to 3 inch thick construction lumber , 2 1/2 inch birch and ash and...
When I look at saws I look at the handle first. The handle is the hardest part to make and the easiest to cheapen up. Once the handle becomes an unusable blob they cheapen up the steel.
Then it is...
The weight of the spine or the total weight of the saw plate and spine could make a difference but most backsaws don't vary that much. Since there is no spine on handsaws it would have no effect...
You may want to find a tapered iron. When you tap a tapered iron into the plane body it loosens the wedge enabling you to remove the wedge and iron. When using the plane the iron gets tighter if it...
I believe that there is a direct correlation between the hang of a saw and the angle of the rake. If a saw is too aggressive relax the rake. Not aggressive enough increase the rake angle. So the two...
I have a re toother which makes it fairly easy. I would not want to file in that many teeth, especially big ripsaw teeth. Keep your eyes open for a decent ripsaw. I see this craigslist ad has a...
I agree with you on all points George. If someone wanted to try this I thought the lower temperature, if it worked, would be a better bet as the home oven can't get up to 700 degrees and you can...
The chart I looked at said 560 degrees F for High carbon for spring steel dark blue. Try it on a junker first. Let it cool off in the even so it cools slow.
Lowell,
You may need to file the irons to get the tapers to match. Luckily they are laminated irons so the back is mild steel and can be filed. The next thing you need to do is take a saw file and...
If you can't figure it out from the videos or Pete Taran's tutorial (the best) I run a saw filing class in Minnesota which is only slightly closer than the Pacific Northwest. You really don't remove...
It is tough to bend a good back. I thing someone called "two guys in a garage" sells backs(tgiag) maybe they are on woodnet.
I have made them several different ways and I have simplified them to pretty much a straight line. The two I checked in the shop were 25 and 30 degrees. I could see going to less of an angle but the...
The stop is just a piece of 1/4 x 3/4 x 1 steel cut at an angle and screwed to the top of a dowel with a stout long screw. I have since come up with an improved version using an elevator bolt. it...
Matthew,
Most students get along fine with this type of bench. It is easy to add a face vise either a leg vise or a regular woodworking vise. Plan ahead if you use the metal bench vise so you don't...
Here is a link to a you tube video I made showing workholding without any vise. It covers a lot of options that are useful whether or not you have a vise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhn-PAfEW4
The idea behind The Naked Woodworker is to help people get started in woodworking with a minimum outlay of cash. In the first segment we buy the tools at a MWTCA tool meet, nothing staged. We go over...
I have metal splitting wedges but i usually just saw out wooden ones and toss them when they are done. Start with the froe, then drive the wedges (gluts) in the crack to widen it. Use several wedges...
I have had my Lie Nielsen for well over 20 years (April of '92). Kids loved it as it fit their hands well. I use it on occasion when I need it
We call it lubricant but it is really there to remove swarf from the surface of the stone so it doesn't load up. This causes confusion for newcomers because we want friction to abrade the tool.. Some...
Tomato, tomahto. When the handsaw was king a sawhorse was a sawbench. The proper height is based on the longest saw you will use, typically a ripsaw. You do not want the end of your saw to strike the...
Using a cambered iron works well as was stated earlier shift the plane over toward the high edge. A plane with a square ground iron can do the same thing shift the plane over toward the high edge far...
Keep in mind that any appropriate sized ripsaw will work, you don't have to use a backsaw.
I have built many Nicholson style benches from borg materials.I posted a video on viseless workhold on one at youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhn-PAfEW4
This particular bench is made to...
It doesn't rust that fast! dry it off and go to Wd 40 or some such and sandpaper to polish. Plus yopu are not using anything nasty to get the job done.
use water and a pumice stone or grill cleaning stone to remove a lot of rust (go outside, use the hose) polish with sandpaper and WD 40 or oil.