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New, hardened, un-sharpenable, blades, compared to the hours you have in your life, are a bargain, and are readily available. These blades, as you've experienced, work well ... you like them. The...

Jim — thanks for the reply. I saw the pic you posted elsewhere in the thread. Appreciate both.

Cheers,

—Kirby.

Hi Jim,

Can you expand on your practice a little bit? Which separator; how set up? Mobile? Hose diameters? One to each dust-producing center? Gates?

Thanks. I'd like to take advantage of...

Totally personal choice. Try both. Try Japanese style pull saws. Within each, there are many specific saws. These specifics — teeth filing, blade thickness and depth — determine the suitability...

This is oddly on-topic. John Economaki designed and built, imho, beautiful furniture until he woke up one day in a hospital and was told he couldn't be near wood dust ever again. Now he designs...

Thanks for this. I echo Derek Cohen's recommendation: watch the video.

These words from John Economaki stood out to me, and I think sit well in this discussion and the space this forum creates:

I'm not getting the same results — or perhaps I am not evaluating identical results the same way. With work, I can turn up c. 25 Bridge City items currently on offer on eBay USA. Of the c. 25, four...

I do it by using a Lie-Nielsen honing guide with the appropriate jaws (you may need only one pair). As george wilson stated, this has been bandied about both frequently, and at length.

Linky goodness. For me, the post numbers are dynamic. To cite a post, copy the link (which is the number to the post, upper right; under the number which shows on the Webpage is the ordinal number...

And my argument would be :) that your misprision evades an important distinction:
I include the JointMaker in the grouping "Hand Tools" because it is _human-scaled_. The JMP is a human-powered...

On the contrary, I think it is likely that, having not secured even a toe-hold in the tool-users market, the value of the tools will plummet, and in 200 years they will be found in _only_ collections...

Excellent summary of the best of the thread and, imho, current knowledge — though I recommend replacing "traditional approach" with "a widely-applicable process that generally produces fine results"....

Here in this forum, I think the apposite question is: What market?

A market for tools?

Or a market for collectibles?

Those markets barely overlap.

The success of a tool is that is adopted...

+1. Across the board. Wish there were a simple "like this" button — a way to say "Thanks" without adding confetti to the thread.

Since your post is in response to mine, I'd like to point out that the citation is taken from Bridge City's Website and not from my post.

"Unlike any other on the market" seems to be no more than...

I own a few downmarket Bridge City tools, as well as — for one frustrating week so far* — a JointMaker Pro v.2 with Precision Fence System. My first Bridge City purchase was a splurge on their...

+1. Good practice on the Web is to be fully open, inclusive, and direct. I don't know that @Patrick Chase meant to be otherwise, but I do know that the conclusion expressed this way: "I think I...

Beautiful. Love the tip of the petal crossing the "frame", and the asymmetry of the sub-forms. Examplary.

Hi Aaron,

As a newbie with one quick bench build under my apron and another in the works, I just want to say that I think Ken Hatch's advice is not only superb but is unsurpassable. You might...

Yes — my Barber chuck works well, too. It's the chuck on the widely-sold, new, made-in-France brace that — for me at least — does not provide sufficient grip to use with hex-style auger bits.

Don't know if you are serious or not — I have seen it used on jobsites to repair a minor scuff when no-one had any Brazil nuts in their lunch box.

Afaict, because it is a poor design unfit to the task of gripping bits with the jaws alone.

On mine, each jaw hinges from near the outer circumference of the chuck, the face of each jaw angles...

Maybe not. I don't know much, but I happen to have walked a path that seems usefully similar to the one you are on. The following information is from the helpful used tool merchant Sanford Moss. ...

I use a Nicholson-style bench (my first anything, built from Mike Siemsen's video instructions). I have no vises. I find I often want to hold boards so I can saw parallel to the broad faces. I...

The square taper fits in a matching hole deep in the chuck. The jaws hold the shaft a couple inches down from the squared end. Tightening the jaws should center the shank and keep the bit from...