+1 for LV brad points.
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+1 for LV brad points.
I've had two models of Lee Valleys/Nobex. I returned them both, the small one is just far too small, and won't lock at any other than the angles they set. The Champion is a much better tool but I...
I've got the Veritas pair, and like them a lot. The flat one stops working pretty quick on inside curves, and the curved one doesn't work as easy as the straight on flats, so they are a very...
I like KUM brand handheld sharpeners so much I built one into my bench.
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On a table saw, the pins are cut by angling the mitre gauge with the blade at 90°, the tails with the gauge at 90° and tilting the blade, the stock flips back and forth to do both sides. Although it...
You need a brazer, sometimes found on large metal bandsaws or as a free standing unit. Here's my Foley, I'm pretty sure I paid less than $10 for it at auction, because no one else knew what it was....
A mortiser should have a clamping x/y sliding table. Tilting heads and angleing tables are nice but unnecessary.
I make my tenons with a dado head and a mitre gauge.
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A 3 phase lathe is an ideal candidate for a VFD, converting from single phase and giving you electronically controlled variable speed, slow start, and motor braking. Unless it's 550v, then you're...
Thanks Salem, I got the Lignum Vitae from Lee Valley, every now and then they'll have it in their project wood pile. I prefer a low angle plane on end grain, so I wouldn't use these with a shooting...
David, the irons are adjustable with mallet taps on the sides of the bodies as well as the sides and back. If it becomes too much of a hassle I may cut the bodies down, or buy new irons. :)
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All three are comfortable whether pusher or pulled. The jointer took some getting used to, as the tote hand is palm down, instead of in the handshake position used in metal bodied planes.
The...
I finished up a set of Krenov style planes a couple of weeks ago.
The Block:
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The Smoother:
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Bubinga has interlocking grain, so you'll get strips of tearout in your nice smooth surface. Turn to a scraper.
I'm with Peter,the joint is easy compared to the abacus.
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http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=44631&cat=1,42936,50298&ap=2
If that's too short, a long thin strip of straight grain hardwood and a string will work.
EDIT- Oops, Tom got there...
If you are using it to clamp the middle of a joint, say a shelf dadoed into a bookcase side, the caul should be bowed to increase pressure on the middle of the joint.
If you are using it as a...
If the blotches look light from one angle, then dark from another, that's figure. Birch almost always has some, the really figured boards look like you could stick your whole hand into the curl. ...
Perhaps you bent the blade? Was it the insert that kept it from tilting?
What Dave said.
They must've needed a Manute Bol silhouette.
If you're consistant and accurate with your openings, the fronts can be sawn to size and cleaned up with the jointer/ block plane/ sandpaper. If you need to fit to irregular or out of square...
I've vac bagged a 1/4" lignum sole to a 6/4 cherry plane body.
I've vac bagged a 6 sided fireplace column, 8" to close the birdsmouth joints. Same with the lock miters on a 8/4 table pedestal,...
I really like the clouds/lightening pattern. Is that the same concentric circles punch used in photo 2? How did you mill away the two bite marks at the top, and how do you register it so your...
Do you mean backwards because your fence is left of the blade?
Vintage Dazor desk lamps, a double flourescent overhead, and one mounted to a post to fit the dog holes.
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The bulb in the...
It's a Biesmeyer, keep it.