I look forward to this with interest.
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I look forward to this with interest.
Mine has spring in there. It protrudes up about 1/4 to 3/16 inch.
I am impressed. You are correct. My shop is the basement of my home which is a controlled environment.
Thanks. I can see now, that someone else may not get the good results that I did.
When I first started woodworking about 10 years ago, one of my first planes was a worn transitional. I resoled it with red oak from one of my trees. It worked fine then and still does nowadays when...
Thanks. Within the past week I made a handle for my gennou head. Wish I had seen this earlier. I didn't think to file the hammer head. Then I put the gennou head on 2 blocks of wood and beat the...
I use the Moxon vise to do dovetails. However my Moxon vise is built into the bench and I sit on a saw bench to do them. It works quite well for me.
A ramped shooting board might help if not using one already.
I bought the carbon steel ones (#60654) about 10 years ago when I first got into woodworking. For the price they are great. Compared to other sets they are fair. Since this first set I have bought...
Finally got the start shopping but it is so very slow
That makes three who can't get in
ian maybury You are right. I am not the original poster. I fear I may have hi-jacked this thread. My apologies for that. My plane mentioned here is not a Veritas. It is a newly made Stanley #62....
Found my problem. The blade sides are not parallel. The MKII will only register one side. Fortunately an old home-made one allows me to register the other side. The plane now planes straight...
I assume you have done some research first because you evenly tightened both knobs. That was a mistake I first made. So it is a pretty good bet that you had it centered in the jig. And that you...
A standard block plane has a bed angle of 20°. The Stanley 60-1/2 has a bed angle of 12°. A 25° bevel will give these planes a cutting edge of 45° and 37°. With a 30° bevel, your cutting edge is...
L-N has one out now based on the Eclipse for $15
http://www.lie-nielsen.com/blade-sharpening/side-clamping-honing-guide/
3 and 1/2 years ago I paid $79.99 for a complete Sargent 1080 in original wooden box. One of the bottom corners had been chewed away. Mice had nested in the box. Plane and cutters okay after...
The lines bother me too. On my last box, my first corner was bad. So I put masking tape on the boards for the other three corners before before marking them. They came out all right. Minimal...
I had no trouble drilling the holes. I used a spring loaded punch to mark the spot. Put it on the drill press. Then a drop of oil in the dimple before drilling. The blade was a Timber Wolf from...
A way of making one is one I used on an old 16 inch bow saw. It had no blade, pins, tension cord or toggle. I cut an old band saw blade to size and cut some nails to use as pins. The blade was...
I have a Buck Brothers block plane. I had it for 5 to 7 years before I learned how to sharpen it properly. My breakthrough came after reading Brent Beach's site on sharpening. I built jigs similar...
I am glad I saw this thread. I have trouble making my marks near the edge because my dovetail marker is mostly off the piece. This one would allow me to flip the marker. Reading what Mike said...
No George, my blade is not turned around. I did some research since my last post. My reproduction is apparently not 100% true to the original. The originals have a little flat area in front of the...
Guess I was influenced by your saying you wanted a Mexican look but the legs struck me as thick and muscular. Your table looks like a bull who became a table. It is always a pleasure to see...
Looks like your spoke shave has been altered. I have a reproduction. It is set for a fine shaving. Getting it to work is a matter of having the proper degree of rotation when using. It took me a...
"As far as fettling, clean off the dirt and grim, sharpen the blade" That has been my experience with most vintage spoke shaves. The LV and LN ones came sharp and ready. I just gave their blades a...