I have a Rockler style of apron. I always keep a block plane, utility knife, wax for tool, a four way file, and other tools in the four pockets. I hang it near my workbench and whenever I need...
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I have a Rockler style of apron. I always keep a block plane, utility knife, wax for tool, a four way file, and other tools in the four pockets. I hang it near my workbench and whenever I need...
George,
Good luck on the surgery. Lots of friends have learned to love their new knees.
We need to remember why they are called dividers. They are useful for division. Imagine you have a board that is 5 7/32 inches in width and need to divide it in three. The mental math needed to a...
In the first place gage bocks are easier to use with my bad eyes. Second, the measurements are exactly repeatable if one is moving fences back and forth. You just set a reference stop and measure...
I bought a set of machinist gage blocks. It really speeds up set ups for setting fences, router bit height, and it seems they are one of the most used measuring tools in my shop.
I would say yes. It changes the way I think about design and sizing everything in a build. I would put on my list of top five woodworking books.
I greatly appreciate your replies. I have also found that opening up the mouth of the plane a bit helps when the cap iron is set tight. I think I will lower the angle from its current 80 degrees to...
Thanks. The new cap irons sits well on the iron and come with some back bevel. My question is what angle and shape should the leading edge of the cap iron be relative to the blade. I remember the...
I just bought several Stanley replacement cap irons. They looked rounded at the end where the cap iron met the blade and pushed captured shavings between the cap iron and the blade. I used...
I stumbled across a new hand tool user who documents his builds on YouTube. You can find his videos by searching for treebangham in the search windows of YouTube. He currently has 41 videos cover...
Chris Swarz has an interesting idea for flat pencils. He planes the wood off one side down to the graphite. This then allows that side of the pencil to register perfectly flat with an edge.
Pat,
Dividing a distance into fifths with dividers is easy. You step off the distance five times with the dividers. If the last step exceeds the distance, they you close the dividers by a fifth...
Thanks George. I don't ever think I will have your talent, but I do get something done every now and then.
Glen
The wood is curly maple. I put a dark walnut stain, sanded it to pop the grain. I followed with two coats of amber shellac and finished with a few coats of laquer. In my first attemp, I wiped on...
Jim,
I think it's that would be really handy. One could have an entire projects dimension on one stick. There would be four sides to work with. I think I will have one in my future.
Glen
The table lenght was three time the height. The width was was 1 2/5 the height. I would have wanted to go a bit wider but the table had to fit in a narrow space.
After reading Walker and Tolpin book By Hand and Eye, I thought I would give it a try. I got a story stick and put it against the the table I was replacing to get a height. I then divided that into...
I have been waiting an entire year to see this released.
I probably use a tape measure for rough measurements and layout more than I use the hooked ruler. I probably use dividers more than the hooked ruler for precise measurements. It leaves a little...
This version of my caddy works well for me. A center area has two holes, one for a mallet and other for a cup that holds small items such as pencils, marking knife, dividers, six inch rule, etc. ...
I was there for years before I switched to sawmillcreek. I don't miss the trolling and flaming. I much prefer the polite company here.
+1 on the Deulen.
This is my second generation of my bench caddy. A row in the back and front hold chisels, screw drivers, etc. Slots hold combination squares, bevel squares, and rulers. Two round holes are for my...
I made one. I used it a few time, but find it is quicker just to "step" off the division with dividers. Even when I use the sector, I still need to make minor adjustmens to the dividers to get it...
Merry Christmas with thanks and appreciation for this great community of Creekers.
Glen