If the pitting isn't too deep you can lap the irons thinner. Sounds like a lot of work, and it can be, but on the smaller irons you'd be surprised that it can be pretty quick. I have used a belt...
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If the pitting isn't too deep you can lap the irons thinner. Sounds like a lot of work, and it can be, but on the smaller irons you'd be surprised that it can be pretty quick. I have used a belt...
Dale,
I wrote an article on this very subject for the Feb 2011 Popular Woodworking Magazine. If you happen to subscribe and keep your back issues you might look for it. If not, send me your email...
It's not hard with the right saw. But you need big teeth. A standard rip saw will be pretty inefficient. Here's a comparison between a standard rip saw at 5-1/2 points per inch and a saw designed for...
Ron,
Many of the old saws were tapered at least that much at the toe. Keep in mind though that the taper on those old saws was least at the handle and most at the toe. It was not a consistent taper...
The Wenzloff saws are taper ground. The Wenzloff kits however are not. So my Wenzloff crosscut is not taper ground, nor are any of the saws I've made myself from scratch. I don't find it a problem...
I agree George. The added thickness will be a little more insurance against kinking as long as one lets the saw do the work and doesn't try to force the cut...like we're supposed to do :).
My crosscut panel saw is 0.032" thick, about 6-1/2" deep at the heel and 20" long. It's a great crosscut saw and was bought as a kit from Wenzloff with the teeth punched but not filed. I also made a...
You can hew with a double beveled hatchet, but it's not as easy. The single beveled axes aren't just single beveled, they are also offset so the flat side of the bit is in line with the side of the...
Are you sawing straight across the end grain or are you sawing out the corners first? I find that angling the piece in the vise and sawing the corner out first seems to help a lot with sawing tenons,...
Plow planes do not have skewed irons, so a left and righ handed plane are not necessary. Just flip the fence to the other side of the plane if you feel the need to reference off of the other side....
The biggest mistake new users of card scrapers typically make is using way too much pressure to turn the burr on the scraper. Keep in mind that the scraper is typically a finishing tool. While heavy...
To permit clearance for holdfasts. They may have only recently regained popularity among contemporary woodworkers, but traditionally, ever kind of woodworking trade used them, regardless of what kind...
It looks like your main problem is not maintaining a consistent rake angle. If the face of the file is held at a different angle in each gullet, you will get exactly the problem you are seeing here....
Hem-Fir makes a fine bench.
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Lowell,
As Marv says, a playing card is much more than 0.001" thick, but that's not really that important in this situation. The important thing to note is that the kerf closed up. When the kerf...
Adam beat me to it :).
Yes, DF is fine. So are yellow pine, white pine, ponderosa pine, spruce, hem-fir, alder, poplar, and pretty much any other kind of wood you can get your hands on inexpensively and locally. Choose the...
The only one making them new that I know of is Old Street Tools (formerly Clark & Williams). Other than that, you're looking at the old tools market. I just did a podcast on using plow, rabbet and...
The saw I can definitely see. I've made hand saws in various sizes, and for a hand made saw, $200 is a bargain. The time alone required to make one from scratch is worth more than $200.
Now the...
The cost isn't in the material, it's in the labor. Flat chisels may have more metal in them, but they are easier to forge than sweeps. If you check out Henry Taylor's web site, they explain that each...
Here's how Frank Klausz does it.
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Here's the article:
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/Bowsaw_Basics/
SPF (i.e. Spruce-Pine-Fir; a generic term they use to identify stud wood that can be from any of these species) will be fine.
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There's no such thing as one best method for everyone. Everyone has their own best method that works for them. That's why these types of threads often result in more confusion than clarity. Everyone...
I use what could be considered 2 jointers. My 24" try plane has a camber and is used for squaring edges and flattening faces. My 30" jointer has no camber (i.e. ground with a perfectly straight...
Jamie,
Sorry to disappoint, but no puffy shirt :p.
Bill,
I will be doing something on the lathe at some point. I'm not that good at turning, so I'm not sure exactly how soon that will be (I...