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That's one of the most handsome pieces I've seen. Reminds me why I love wood.

Man, those are fun! So much attention to detail. Impressive.

It's definitely elm. Now which variety of elm is still up for grabs. Looks most like English elm, but has wide growth rings more like Chinese elm. I'm just gonna say elm and move on. Good stuff to...

Thanks fellas. I will take some good pictures of the remaining slab and offcuts from the piece that I sawed off (by hand). I ran into another good species identification site the other day, focusing...

Thanks everyone for posting your projects. It's really interested and inspirational to see your work. Here are a couple of pieces that I cranked out right before Christmas, to give as gifts. The...

I used to work in a sign shop back in the late 80's and made displays for real estate companies model homes - you know the ones that show the floor plans of all the house designs.

More than half...

I like the contrast in shade and shape. My eye tends to want a little more balance in visual weighting - like having a walnut cap at the top of the neck that would contrast against the neck and the...

I think you made the most out of what the wood had to offer, in the end. That's all you can ask for. I've worked on flat stuff most of my life; and that has its own adventures. But I like your style....

When I get stuck with one of those odd sizes, I take it to the Home Despot and use their little thread matching display. I usually find that I've gotten the size right, but a different thread pitch....

I clicked the link just out of curiosity - not intending to watch the whole thing, but I started watching and was just hooked. The machinery is amazing. And he's a nonsense git 'er done Yankee. Very...

Howdy folks!

I'm new in this section of the board, but I've enjoyed many of your posts and the remarkable turnings...

I don't have the budget for high-end tools, but I've learned to enjoy...

Hey Chris - about the overhang - yeah I wondered whether it would shadow the cove too much. That's what mocking up is all about - discovering the balance between a bunch of different variables....

Nice! I, too, like the cove treatment. I am with Pat that a little bit of overhang would help with balancing the top and the base, and with Sean about getting a little more finesse in the overall...

Nice work. Some of my favorite materials have been...proactively salvaged. The university near here just sometimes throws perfectly good stuff in the dumpster. Like the glass-front oak laboratory...

Huzzah! Thank you for your service!

Allen - here's a link you might want to check out: http://www.vintagesaws.com/cgi-bin/frameset.cgi?left=main&right=/library/library.html

I've used electrolysis on motorcycle parts and was really...

OK, so here's the quick inventory: middle figures are year ranges, e.g. 17-40=1917 to 1940. I didnt measure TPI, I just recorded the stamp, if I could find one. I also didnt measure lengths...cause I...

My luck has been pretty darn good lately. But you know you have to keep up your good tool karma, so a bunch of these will go freely to new homes with needy woodworkers and/or next generation...

So, what do you do when you see an ad on Craigslist for 50 saws, including Disstons..."Need them gone, make an offer"...?

You start driving and call on the way.

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The guy's Grandfather...

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Here are my new friends. Left to right it's the D8 rip (the tip of one of the horns is broken a bit), the D8 crosscut (missing original nuts), the D20, a Warranted Superior rip (probably will...

Here's a snippet on this subject from the Disstonian Institute website:

Q. Was "Warranted Superior" a Disston brand?
A. Many saw makers going back to early 19th century England made medallions...

As I understand it, Waranteed Superior was the down-scale version of a major maker's saws. Disston and others made saws with this badge to distinguish them from their name brand line. I just picked...

Well, just to show that it's good to maintain your tool karma...

The same guy hooked me up with some of his Grandad's saws - a Disston D8 rip (thumbhole) from about the turn of the century, a D8...

I saw an ad for hand planes pop up this afternoon and responded immediately...and picked them up half an hour later (I've learned with CL you have to act almost instantaneously to snag a bargain.)
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