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Thanks, Mel. I need to pick up a book on wood ID from someone in the forestry dept next door at work. What I would really like is a sample pack of identified various common woods used for joinery.

I am inexperienced at wood ID, so could someone take a look at the handle and knobs off this MF no. 5 hand drill and help me figure out what wood it is made of? Is it rosewood or 'tropical...

I have a piece on my vise. I bought it on the bay. Search for 'Leather Side Piece Veg Tan Split Medium Weight 12 X 24 Inches 2 Square Feet'

They do have some posters with limited availability in stores only. No stores near me, sadly. :-(

OMG, I love this cover! The frogs are killing me! It's so beautiful. Just...wow.

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I like the India ink idea, but as larry said, I am going to be adding to this thing four times a year for two decades. I may have to carve the ages - maybe chisel them in as roman numerals.

I have a little 1"x2"x6.5' red oak board that I am using for a measuring stick to record my kids' heights every 6 months. I make a notch for their height with a chisel, but I would like to write...

Perhaps the offending board could be replaced with a strip of HDPE...or would St. Roy appear behind me in a puff of black smoke for suggesting plastic?

I developed (or exacerbated) cubital tunnel syndrome trying to resaw with a crappy handsaw.

If memory serves, I used a wire wheel on a bench grinder with a judicious touch, keeping the knurling grooves parallel to the motion of the wheel. Then I used a buffing wheel and green compound on a...

You may be right. I am still learning about finishes. A rub of alcohol made it sticky, then soaking it made the finish gummy-soft so that an old credit card could easily scrape it clean. I keep a...

Mm...I say have more faith in your adaptability and use the right tool for the job - a wooden mallet. There's no reason you have to use the same hammer for every task. If it makes you feel better,...

Thanks, Jim. I'm basing my manufacturing date estimate off of the oldtoolheaven entry that says the handle was 'mahogany-finished hardwood' starting in 1926, which is how I interpreted the original...

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And here is the final result. Hope y'all enjoyed it.


From oldtoolheaven:

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Media blasted the wheel and painted it. There's still a smidge of red I need to sand off the gears in this pic.

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Cleaned, polished and reassembled the shifter and...

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Shifter taken apart for cleaning and polishing.


Now we're into the 'after' photos:

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I sanded the handle by hand, and it was a pain to remove the varnish. I sanded to 400, then...

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I removed the chuck and finally managed to unscrew it using two lengths of steel rod and my trusty Bernard parallel pliers. I later made a pin spanner out of a...

This is a Goodell-Pratt no. 5-1/2B two-speed hand drill, manufactured probably between 1926 and 1936. I restored it to be a user and I was asked in another thread to share some photos. I'll start...

Will do. I have done two previously that I think came out well. I don't have a blast cabinet, so I am trying to muster up the motivation to blast several things in the back yard, the main wheel of...

Hi guys! I am back to report success. Thanks for all the advice and suggestions. I soaked the handle for one day in acetone and it freed the handle up. I took it out and it was free-spinning, but...

Stew, what a very helpful response, and thanks to everyone else as well. I just so happened to have a gallon of acetone on hand so I tested it on a slip of walnut coated in polycrylic. It...

Will I need to re-oil the wood after my little chemistry experiment?

Vaseline - ha. I can turn it with moderate force, whereas before, it was quite free spinning. I am cussing myself for such a stupid move. The poly was applied two days ago, so I fear it is pretty...

I think the area under the base, where the ferrule rests on the arm is pretty clean. The problem is within the bored out part of the knob, where the clearance space has been taken up with poly. I...

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Long story short, I accidentally slopped some polycrylic down the shaft of my hand drill crank and now it is seized up pretty tight, where it won't spin freely. Can anyone suggest a fix?