Also, the older ones functioned as a neander jig saw, along with the much smaller pad saw. If you need to cut holes in something like with some Arts and Craft designs, it's very inconvenient to have...
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Also, the older ones functioned as a neander jig saw, along with the much smaller pad saw. If you need to cut holes in something like with some Arts and Craft designs, it's very inconvenient to have...
New chisels will often be a little soft at the end and will take a few sharpenings or even a little grinding back to the point where they're hard enough to function well. The sharpening angle could...
I have always understood it to be the moisture that the dust retained that caused rust. I am sure that having salt in the air can make the problem worse. I've really only had problems here in...
Look at the instructions on LV's website. They're linked to on the page with the handles down where the products are listed. They say the handle is on two parts, a collar and the actual part you grab...
Will the O1 really harden when using a grinder? I could see how A2 would harden, but I wouldn't think O1 would without being quenched. I've successfully used one of those thin cutoff wheels in an...
Josh Clark has some good pictures and info about one of these on his site. He might be one of a handful of people that could connect you with some vintage chisels. I find it hard to imagine that a...
Cut off a bit of a limb after you fell the tree, then make a handle on it with a hatchet and drawknife. Froe mallets are going to get chewed up no matter what they're made of, so make it cheap and...
I would think that flattening a bench with T tracks in it would be awfully hard on your plane blades.
If it is at all possible with your bench design, do this. I did it on my bench with no glue, and the joints are tight as can be and rock solid.
George, I was under the impression that 1095 was .95% carbon, not 1.95%, and that the last two numbers (at least for the 10XX range) approximated the percentage of carbon. Is this correct?
One...
Having done the laminated bench thing without a bench to work from a couple years ago, I would strongly recommend you start with those slabs. They won't be dry yet (although the will be considerably...
My understanding is that pocket hole screws are a traditional way of joining table tops to aprons. Chris Schwarz mentions it on an original Shaker table here:...
I have seen a piece of "Amish" furniture (from actual Amish country, no less) that was at least partly made with thinly veneered particle board. In my opinion, anything that has a tendency to...
Are you looking for vintage parts that match those specific types (as a collector would) or do you just want them to be users?
Pretty much every major vendor that caters to hand tool users sells...
For me, the biggest factor would be determined by the surface I had to plane on now. I'm sure you've heard before that you need a bench to build a bench, and the biggest reason for this is how...
Have you tried contacting the seller of these files? If they came from TFWW or Lee Valley, I'm sure they would want to know as both companies want to see their customers happy. If they came from...
Using the lever cap as a screwdriver was common enough, but certainly not a good practice. They tended to snap or chip out when too much pressure was put on them.
A canvas or leather tool roll works well if you want to take up less real estate and keep it portable. It would probably be something you'd want to make or have made as most of the commercial ones...
This is pretty much my experience with a vertical leg vise. There is only so much play in the screw, so it can only rack so far before it has to start biting. I still try and clamp in the center, but...
On page 42 of The Woodwright's Workbook there is a picture shot through the nut with Roy and the screw at the other end. It is captioned "The hickory helix - George Wilson's cider press screw." He...
While the turner forum has a lot of great info on wheels, you don't really need a wheel that's designed for a turner unless you want it to pull double duty for your turning tools as well. Even with...
Mark, welcome to the Creek. You might get more replies to this if you ask for the thread to be moved to the Neandrethal Haven, and I'm sure there are already some threads there on grinding wheels.
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Tony, to get the magnet to work, put it in a pair of vice grips. When you get ready to check the iron, pull it out of the fire and bring the magnet to it. When it's non-magnetic the iron is ready. I...
I think he is refering to using them to square and even up the pages of books after they are bound. My wife has mentioned that planes are used for this several times in conjunction with asking me to...
Juan, could you post a picture of the head? I'm sure there's some detail there that I can't make out in that photo.
Ronald is correct that they are a fancy thumb screw, although these are a bit...