How deep is the apron? I have benches with aprons, and have drilled the dog holes with a brace/bit and 3/4" auger. The regular Jennings or Stanley/Jennings augers will drill down 7-1/2", and that's...
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How deep is the apron? I have benches with aprons, and have drilled the dog holes with a brace/bit and 3/4" auger. The regular Jennings or Stanley/Jennings augers will drill down 7-1/2", and that's...
Those 3/16" beads are very useful. E. Preston and A. Mathieson are both excellent names.
Wiley
Mark,
Here's what I do with the Blue Spruce large and small knife, as well as Dave Anderson's similar knife, and yet another spearpoint from Derek.....I read the black track that the blade bevel...
Is the frog on the LN mated well to its base, and cinched down tightly?
Wiley
Hello Vivian,
Wow, those are great diagnostics! Are you sure you haven't been at this for some time? Very impressive.
What to do.....read what John Kleso and Marcus Ward said. You want to...
Hi Vivian,
Please stop lapping. Lapping works so long as the starting surface is concave. But once it's convex, more lapping will tend to make things even more convex.
The next thing I would...
in regard to braces, here are a couple of thoughts....
1. Drilling holes vs. driving screws. I especially like braces for driving screws. The key reason I like the Yankee braces (2101 and 2100,...
Zahid,
By all means, obtain Don McConnell's DVD 'Traditional Molding Techniques--The Basics'. Don makes a nice molding using hollows and rounds, step by step, with all reasoning explained, right...
Hi Al,
It's coming along. Let me ask you a couple of things:
1. Are you going tails first or pins first? And how are you aligning the boards to transfer the marks from the first board to the...
Does the Stanley have a ball-bearing chuck? Of the ones that do, I would go with the one that makes the quietest clicks while ratcheting. My story and I'm sticking to it.
Wiley
Hi Cliff and all,
There has been a little bit of controlled testing on your question by Steve Elliott. See here:
http://bladetest.infillplane.com/html/the_results.html
If you look under his...
Zach,
On the main blade, sounds like the next thing to do is just get it critically sharp. Bevel angle of 25-30 degrees will leave plenty of clearance--exact angle is not important, clearance is....
Zach,
I've put a few of these old dado planes back in service. They're really fun, and the amazing thing is how well they work.
I have two questions of you, both regarding the current state...
Hello Zach,
From "American Wooden Planes", Emil & Martyl Pollak, 4th Ed.........The "A. Smith/Lowell" mark is found on planes of Alpheus Smith of Lowell, MA, who was a drygoods and hardware...
Hi Michael,
Honduras rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii) is about the meanest wood I have ever come across. I can believe it would tear the teeth off a hardpoint Japanese saw, especially a crosscut...
Mike,
That is going to be a beautiful gate!
Water penetration has been well covered.
I think the bigger problem is going to be sag. Gravity never sleeps, and on a gate that size--6 feet...
Michael,
What Derek said--you won't get there, just with normal sharpening procedure. In fact, the greater problem is overdoing the back out of fear that you will get to the hollow. What happens...
Hi All,
Just like to add one other thing, especially since Bess is going to stick with oil stones for now. This is a quote from Larry Williams on the same matters we've been discussing here. ...
Bess,
The main thing I would suggest you do--and this'll change your life!--is to learn to hollow grind. That is the key to fast and effective sharpening, cause you're only sharpening the tip of...
Hi Bess,
If you are using high carbon steel blades, and since you are already used to using Arkansas stones, I think you should simply perfect what you are already doing. And not start a...
Randall,
Try this right after you have jointed and detailed your edge, and are ready to put a hook on it. Mount one edge vertically in a vise. Take the burnisher--by the way, keep a light...
Hi Doug,
Take a look at Lie Nielsen's description of how to make the hook on the blade:
http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?cat=508
In my opinion/experience, they have it exactly right. ...
Dave,
I think emailing Don would be a good idea. What we have is two stories--the Sorby history posted by Brent Smith, and Don's history carefully gleaned from Ken Roberts and other company...
The 'I. SORBY' trademark did originate approx. 1810. However, it went on to be used by numerous successor firms, perhaps even into the 20th century. I know this because of some information received...
Is it possible that the 'S.' is actually an 'I'? I. SORBY is a frequently seen trademark for edgetools.
Wiley