I have made some progress with other repairs to the table. Have posted some of these on my blog if you are interested.
It is good to be making progress even though the steps are small sometimes....
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I have made some progress with other repairs to the table. Have posted some of these on my blog if you are interested.
It is good to be making progress even though the steps are small sometimes....
Thanks Rodney.
The pores are very open on some of the boards that make up the top, particularly where the grain sweeps upwards toward the surface of the timber. Some of the original varnish has...
This is going to be a work in progress, and a lengthy (for me) one.
I will update it with progress pictures but there will be a full blow by blow description on my blog.
Here is the starting point,...
Yes, he is one from the old school. I have always found Hans to be honest and straight, and his knowledge of all things olde-tool is based on a lifetime of experience.
The book is quite good....
Written as an introduction to identifying and valuing Stanley planes - from an Australian perspective.
Looks good.
There is a review here:
Stanley Planes - Hans Brunner
Disclaimer: I have no...
Thanks Jim.
Even better than making it is the fact that it works. I have tried making some other tools in my woodworking that turned out to be real dogs.
This one will get plenty of use.
Cheers
I am in the midst of building a tenor ukulele, and needed a rosette cutter for the sound hole in the belly.
I decided to build one. Here it is.
I have shown the full build, step by step on my BLOG...
I agree with Jim on the larger depth adjuster wheel, and I like the frog adjuster as well. Type 11's have the frog adjuster but still have the smaller brass depth adjuster wheel. I think that the...
A really nice looking saw. This one would be from around 1935 or so I would think.
A very convenient tool box sized saw. It would likely have 10 TPI.
A lucky find.
Cheers
MC
There is a very good one for sale on the forum - going cheap - here
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?185552-Union-Tool-Co-20-quot-Wooden-Jointer-Plane
Phillistine!
Your girlfriend was correct, and like all delicacies, too much spoils the taste.
There is another occasion when vegemite is the only food to have.
When recovering from colds or 'flu...
No, no, no.
The cabinet is meant to be elegant, of course.
Vegemite is like caviar - too much spoils the taste.
I suppose that it is an acquired taste, but Australian children were raised on it...
Thanks again fellas.
Am away from home for a while at the moment, so I will post a picture of the cabinet with its finish applied when I get back to it.
Happy woodworking to all .....
MC
Thanks Glenn. I think that it has pleasing proportions.
Quick question- is your avatar an Apple Lisa or Apple III by chance?
Thanks Jim,
It was fun to make.
Cheers
MC
Thanks fellas. I am still mulling over the finish. Will post some piccies when done.
Cheers
MC
Finally finished - except for the finish - if you know what I mean.
The Elegant Jelly Cabinet is complete.
I used New Guinea Rosewood predominantly, with an Australian Rosewood panel for the door....
Hi Jim,
I have one which I bought from a fellow Creeker.
I like it enormously. It has one feature that I really am impressed with, and this is the adjustable mouth.
The whole frog moves forward or...
Many thanks Phil
Here is a question for the Stanley bench plane experts.
I have several Stanley bench planes including some transitionals. I have noticed that some of them have blades made with laminated steel on...
I have found that the Veritas style Norris adjuster is awkward to use for lateral adjustment of the blade. I have put this down to the fact that it is so short and my fingers are large. This makes...
Actually the type 11 did have most of the improvements that Stanley introduced to its planes along the way - all except one.
All of the types up until that point came with the small brass depth...
I agree with David.
Lie Nielsen make outstanding planes but for a jack plane, almost anything will work once you have tuned it.
My most often used jack plane is an old wooden Mathieson whose blade...
It is important in considering these planes that the two are a matched set.
It is quite hard to match up two planes from different backgrounds.
These two look a little mis-matched to me, but it...
No it's not a type 2. There were three types and this is the last of them. Even though David Heckel doesn't call it a type 3, that is what it is.
Still a rare enough plane in its own right, and well...