George, this isn't about you and it isn't about me. It is about answering a question that someone asked with out the personal ad hominem attacks.
You missed the point and obviously you haven't...
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George, this isn't about you and it isn't about me. It is about answering a question that someone asked with out the personal ad hominem attacks.
You missed the point and obviously you haven't...
I think you miss the point of this forum which is called 'Neanderthal Haven' and people are interested in the old ways not the 'best' way as you say. The concept of using old tools in old way and...
Well said!
Someone asked a question about making their own tallow and everyone went 'modern'?
Stephen
'Spreading animal lard on your tools seems like a good way to end up with a rancid smelling tool box.'
Lard doesn't go rancid unless it is heated up when cooked. You buy it from the...
Mike,
The easiest way is to go to a butcher shop and buy some suet. This is the good fat surrounding the kidneys of various mammal. Heat it up on a low heat until the fat renders out. No...
consider using 30 weight motor oil, even cheaper still used motor oil and if you are on a real budget and live near the Gulf, just dip them in the ocean.
Stephen
Warm your metal woodworking tools up and put on a thin coat of linseed oil, boiled or raw, wait 10 minutes and wipe off all the excess. The last point is the most important one.
This has been a...
You can extend the shelf life of liquid hide glue by storing it in a refrigerator. You will have to warm it up for use.
To test for freshness, put a little between thumb and index finger and...
Here is a Miter Jack that I made, used then sold. A fairly easy project with a screw box. I also have used it with a hand saw to cut the miters first. I recommend gluing on [with hide glue] thick...
Here is a real Mules [Donkeys] Ear, the vise type is a Miter Jack a different animal.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii105/shepherd1857/donkeysearshootingboard.jpg
Stephen
You can get welder's soapstone markers, they are made of soapstone and used for marking metal that is to be heated, the mark doesn't burn off. Some of them are a composite soapstone and a binder...
Chalk is actually Calcium Carbonate and Talc is soapstone, steatite. Talcum, French Chalk is finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. all are lubricants.
Stephen
You don't really need to clean out the old hide glue. You can just introduce more hot hide glue and the old glue will reconstitute and form a good bond.
If you are using liquid hide glue for the...
I use a fine file, laying it flat on the teeth at the heel of the saw blade and run it with uniform pressure to the toe of the blade. First one side then the other. I then test the saw to make sure...
Do not use modern yellow or brown glue to do the repair as it will effect the value, use Hide Glue. If you can get the rest of the tote out of the plane body then hide glue it back together and...
Rick,
It is sharpened just like a regular plane iron and with no secondary or back bevel. Get the back flat then work on the bevel.
Stephen
If it is a laid steel blade [thin veneer of steel on wrought iron] then the wrought iron has bent as has the steel. Easy to repair if you heat it up to blood red heat then quench in water or brine. ...
There is a recipe in the Universal Receipt Book [1824] that gives the formula for cold tinning metal pots. I have tried it and it works. The book is available from Tools for Working Wood.
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Gary,
No, that is the end pad of my holdfast, holding a piece of wood that became a square wooden eating dish. I just put the plane on the board when I took the picture a while back.
Stephen
My oldest is a John Green moving filester with replacement fence and depth stop.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii105/shepherd1857/IOHNGREEN.jpg
Late 18th century.
Stephen
Use a fresh cut clove of garlic to etch the metal prior to gluing the leather to the metal with hide glue. You can put a drop of glycerin in the hide glue to keep it flexible.
Stephen
Looks like a Japanese plane and we know they saw backwards.
Stephen
Actually when you grind the nose off you are left with a gouge bit [sometimes called a quill bit] and technically not a spoon bit, which curves in on the end like a spoon.
Stephen
Greg,
Just sharpen the lip [nose] at the bottom and don't sharpen the sides or it will ream an oval hole. Sharpen it as you would a chisel or plane iron, flat on one side with a bevel on the...
Chuck,
Yes just an index card will do fine. And yes if you put the card stock in molten pewter it will catch on fire, however the reverse isn't true. I have cast pewter end caps on both rifles...