I have zero time to indulge an online ego competition. You're welcome to disagree with me.
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I have zero time to indulge an online ego competition. You're welcome to disagree with me.
There are no words to express my distaste for having words I chose quite carefully selectively edited by someone for what is clearly nothing remotely in violation of the TOS here, in either letter or...
What George said. The one thing I'd add is that when setting the iron, just before tightening it helps to push forward a slight nudge with the plane. This makes sure the blade is set well against...
David -- thanks.
Jeff -- Yup. I'll be in Gaithersburg. I think Chuck Bender's coming down too, if so you're in for a very informative day. Chuck's an unbelievable craftsman, and he's made his...
Thanks, George -- found the thread, and it's perfect.
I'll also keep an eye out for a good used filer; if something doesn't show up I'll probably get the castings, but to be honest the time to...
Hi everyone, thanks for the compliments! I had a blast in Cincinnati last week, and a great time talking with Andrew (who walked in on the middle of a very excited discussion about the possibilities...
Your point is well taken, George - I generally tend to stick to the old makers' techniques whenever possible as well -- I rarely go wrong with that approach, and I prefer to learn from experience...
Leigh,
I have custom 4-flute carbide cutters ground to different angles -- not dirt cheap, but not terrible. Just one note, though, on the peining -- if you're doing it right, it really shouldn't...
Just to offer an alternate view - I will never use mild steel in a plane again. It peens exceptionally well, but the two planes I made with it suffered from a LOT of distortion to the sole from...
I have a Woodcraft slowspeed 8" grinder. It's OK, and about $100 generally, but even with a oneway balancing system and a Wolverine toolrest it's nowhere near the quality (vibration being the major...
Not sure how close it is to you, but Mike Siemsen's school is somewhere in that general 'area'. I've never taken his classes, but I've seen him work, and seen his work, and you'd be hard pressed to...
Part of the problem with researching japanese joinery is how scattered and scarce the information is. There really isn't a singular good source for furniture joinery - or even one that I think...
My japanese bench chisels are only about 3 years old, but they're showing no signs of deterioration whatsoever. I use the same gennou that Derek has posted here. If they're set properly, the hoops...
Your point about smoothers is a good one Larry, but there is another factor as well -- in this era where handtool work is mostly seen as an alternative to machinery, the smoothing plane is most often...
For what it's worth, I suspect that all of the rationales given are a substantial part of the picture -- I think it's safe to assume all the advantages of the coffin shape would have become readily...
oops - in editing, I deleted the post accidentally.
Here's the original:
Just a quick offering on the 'japanese/western planes are more complex'; I have made at...
Rick - $3k is much much higher than you really need to go. I watched craigslist for quite a while looking for what I wanted, but solid 9-10" bench lathes are readily available for well under $1k all...
George,
I have collets - but I run them in a Bison 5c chuck. A closer is a luxury I think often about, but my spindle won't handle 5c and I'd rather not mess with 3at or MT collets.
Not...
OK, I'm not even commenting on the HLVH. Jealousy is so mild a term. I was thinking two things with the lathe question, which is that I'd like a collet closer (I'm a bit surprised you do this in a...
cripes that's fast. What do you use for a lathe, George? And are you profiling with a round-nosed HSS blank or something else?
David,
the more important 'truth' is that I just have limited time, and I like making planes much much more than making LC screws. I make a batch when I need to, but the idea of doing them more...
George,
McMaster has them in the $50 and up range - though you may be right that they're often closer to $100 -- depends on sizes.
I'm not 100% sure where they're made, but I really don't...
Hi David,
Acme taps are about $50 apiece. They work fine, but the bigger problem with acme is that it takes several orders of magnitude longer to thread than just using a die and standard...
I did delete my post, but in the interest of 'the record' what I said was that I always find it distasteful when one craftsman trashes another's work publicly. Especially when the other is not...
I believe you are correct. I can only vouch for the 10k chosera, but it does indeed need soaking. The super stones don't, and neither do any of the shaptons.
I use a DMT diamond stone for...