I've known for weeks that I'd be asking this of you all, and glad I did.
Everything you all have said makes sense; we have decided to leave it alone, and start using it.
Thanks a bunch guys....
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I've known for weeks that I'd be asking this of you all, and glad I did.
Everything you all have said makes sense; we have decided to leave it alone, and start using it.
Thanks a bunch guys....
I really don’t know
We are on a mission though-so when we retire in a few years, as much as we can, we’ll be maintenance free
Hello,
It's been quite a while since I was here; my ww days are over due to health issues.
If this question belongs elsewhere, please accept my apologies, and move it.
My question is about...
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to one and all,
Am constructing a chart in my little shop to show how to, while sharpening, interchange my various systems.
Yes, I'm one of those foolish people...
Hi Tom,
Maybe I'm a little short on coffee, but I can't follow what you'd like.....I enjoy reading your posts, so this surprised me.
Seems like in your introduction, where you sand, I would be...
Van is so right here. Since my knee went south, I've become more of an expert @ what can be found on YouTube (sadly) than woodworking.
There are more than a few very smart folks out there...
Hello,
Some time ago, I bunged up my Colt palm router so that the fine adjustment was stripped (I hope that I'm wrong here).
When trying to make fine adjustments w the router and housing/base...
Wood burner=more tools...…..Excellent idea!
Already have a really nice Weller, temperature control is on it, etc
That will work for a burner?
All great ideas. Perfect.
Any more?
Hey Mel, not clear what is layering?
Scoop out lot of background and then make tufts of hair @ margins?
Tilman Reimenschneider is the artist (I was gave up getting a good image-pls forgive):
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Am making an attempt to carve the bottom item below, but am stuck on how to carve the hair/mane.
The top one is walnut (I ditched it, and started over): the bottom mahogany.
Clearly, the...
Hi Warren,
thanks for your input....I'm having a devil of a time w the v-gouge, as is expected.
From you pictures above, you are showing how you took down the heel of the tool, as referred to...
Yup
I’m not excited to change blades, but do it
I also have a little 10” junker Craftsman w a 1/4” blade I use most of the time
How come my family tell me this repeatedly?
That why we love woodwork right?
My rather limited experience is this:
When am cutting pricey veneer, I put the band on, tension it, get correct riser height, and then cut an appropriate piece of scrap a couple inches
Shut...
Awesome piece John
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This is what I mean
There is a heel, right?
Hi Dave
My use of “heel” is probably incorrect
Am trying to change/decrease the angle with w I push (straight line), for instance a longbent gouge
Any help is appreciated
Hi all,
Am starting some carving, thus-some questions.
Have found out that most of my Pfeil chisels require an angle higher than I like for carving.
Of course, that means that while my...
Thanks guys......This fellow owes me nothing, and I was thrilled when he called me that he dropped it off.
That said, I had pictured something more bulbous/protruding-so I am a little let down.
...
Hi Nick
Yes, I was relieved to see that the VSCT T square fit like a glove.
I coulda screwed around w shimming that SS rip fence face-but I figured over time, it would just bend more, and my...
I have the VSCT fence-the T square and extruded fence.
My SS cab saw fence had gaps b/t it and the wood while ripping....disconcerting. Some experimentation confirmed bad fence.
SS sent me...
Hello,
A friend brought me this burl yesterday.
It is Cherry, the big storm about a month ago blew the tree over, and here is what I asked for :).
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The swelling on the right side is...
Bruce, I meant to ask how where does one get cast iron and then you have to take to machine shop for sizing and flattening, right?
eBay to find it, like old planes, or how about buying a cheap CI...
This method has great appeal-how does one do it cheap?