Jim ,James Duncanand all,I propose a 4th class of saw cuts,those made with the newly aquired fleemarket D8 rip to the coast oak log found road side, air dried and pepreceeded by a pint of Beemishes'...
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Jim ,James Duncanand all,I propose a 4th class of saw cuts,those made with the newly aquired fleemarket D8 rip to the coast oak log found road side, air dried and pepreceeded by a pint of Beemishes'...
Wowser! I like itRandall,I' ve two hand grinders to mount. Looks like you crank with the right and move the iron with the left,are you right or left handed?Any thoughts or experiances with or about...
:)Jim,you must go to the same FM I do; my reamer/countersink collection looks just about like yours! I keep picking up more, so I can justify all the braces I've accumulated! Isn't that how the slope...
3 good users for $5 each: but then I like to shop at my local FM. All with good steel, two maroon and one dark blue, and they are all up and running.Now to finish fettling that danged $10 English 9...
Marc,I may be wrong, but I believe the ramp alows a wider section of the edge of the blade to make the cut as the plane travels up the ramp;this distributes wear on the edge. Again this is...
I ordered a couple of 2" as well as a 21/4" LN blades at the Oakland Crucible;still wait'n(audible sigh) to hear the truck. I already have a couple of Hocks and thought I'd try the LN after market...
Good plane: Easily does what you want it to do,to the wood. 2.Great plane: Easily makes you want to do it again,...
The question is;what kind of assault can my sensibilities,as well as my anemic discretionary income withstand. I'm not good at slapping myself on the wrist at the fiee market. I have at least stopped...
Make sure the mouth is in good shape,fairly narrow and parallel at a right angle to the side. Put a straight edge on the bottom to see if the soul is on the same plane at the toe,right before the...
Keith, you've probably thought of this;how about a light touch with a single cut flat smoothing file followed 0000 steel wool. We doesn't like sand paper either!
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For $35 at the local FM, I found a small 10tpi backsaw$5,a 26"Pexto 7tpi crosscut$12.50 and a 5tpi Diston rip D8 for $15. They were all a little rusty but not pitted ;I really only had to sharpen the...
Why do I hear a little voice saying,"See,I told at the flea market I can look as good as I work." It's a beauty;thanks for the inspiring photos.
Hope I,m not the only one that hears their tools...
:confused:Bill,so thats the etymology of nibbling? Sorry couldn't resist a little low humor on the subject at this time in the AM!:D :D :D
Regards,Ralph
Robert, I'm sure you've probably considered looking locally, but I'll put this out there just in case. The Japan Wood Worker in Alameda, Ca.USA lists a woodie
plough plane with five blades from...
It's user friendly and prevents rust, thanks for the effort and for passing on the information Phil. I'm going to try it on the #7 I rescued; I'd like to spiff it up in a low key way , all the more...
I just did the same thing, with my first Stanley-Bailey flee market find(type 11#7) I can feel the earth giving way it's getting slippery!Now I want to switch out the cb and irons on my Record 4and...
I'll back the frog a bit and see.I just didn't know if that was agood idea. Thanks again, I'll let you know how it works out :o.
:o:confused::D Thank you for posting your pictures and for the information.You did a great job with that #6 Bedrock! I'm new to posting,and new to tool restoration, as a knuckledragger/user I like...