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26" Disston #16, 7ppi filed cross cut. Use it for woodworking, trimming trees around the yard, and just used it to cut a "path" thru a neighbors deck railing to get to an elevator she had installed....

I have used oil stones for the last 10 years. I have made quite a bit of furniture with hand tools and as a result sharpen a lot. I use a guide, a medium india, a black arkansas, and a strop....

I put on a kreg fence and the micro adjust. I use the band saw for the two cheek cuts when I have more than six tenons to cut in a project. With the micro adjust I can dial in the cut for a perfect...

I have lived a 1/4 mile from the Atlantic Ocean for the last 15 years. Rust on hardware inside of the home is generally not a problem. We also typically open the windows on pleasant days, so I would...

A sharp handsaw will cut more accurate, safer and cleaner than a powered saw, with significant practice on the handsaw. I also think a handsaw is quicker if you factor in set up time for the powered...

A saw like a Disston #12 is much easier to saw compared to others. That said, it does require a higher level of skill when applying and truing the set to take advantage of the extra taper. If you are...

I suspect they cut the same when sharp. But it is much easier psychologically to use a saw file on a $20 yard sale Disston than a $300 modern saw!

I don't know exactly what you mean by imperial square. But thru various projects I had the need for some large squares and was shocked at the cost to buy one. So I learned how to make whatever square...

I built my first bench the way you are supposed to for hand tool work, close to the height of your palms allowing my back to get into hand planing. I spent much time at the bench building dressers...

Try a spring joint. I would imagine you can find a youtube video on it but is basically a slight "smile" in your edges that cancels out the high spots. Edge Plane your matched boards until you think...

1,2 and 3- I do not use oil.
4- I have never attempted to clean the black off a strop. I sharpen a lot and strop after the oil stones. My strops end up with cuts and gouges from mistakes. So I make...

I use a planer sled for my Dewalt planer to get the first side flat. A piece of 3/4" MDF, a stop screwed to one end, and a pack of index cards. Use the index cards to keep rough board from rocking,...

Thanks! Just what I was looking for

Anybody know where I can find replacement drill bits for a mortiser chisel? The head on the drill bit of my 1/4" mortise chisel broke off.

Or what an auger bit that comes to a point instead of a...

I have a small shop and use mostly hand tools but I do have a Dewalt 735 for thicknessing lumber. So I do not have a dust collector. I just have a 4" flexible hose running to a king size pillow case...

I think some may misunderstand my question. I have no problem with the chips going into the Rockler 5 micron bag. They go in their excellent. The problem is how to dump them out of the Rockler bag?...

I build furniture mostly with hand tools but I have a Dewalt 735 planer and a bandsaw to make things easier. For the last year I had 4” flex pipe running from the planer to a king size pillow case to...

Leaving the scratch marks in the hollow grind works just fine. In fact, you will have less surface to remove when you need to re-sharpen this way. If you are lucky you will not need to grind again...

I use a Stanley router plane with the nickel body. Whenever I wipe down the sole down with oil I have this problem for months afterwards. Sometimes Simple Green cleans it off sometimes not. I learned...

I would send an email to these guys

http://www.patinatools.org/

They are not that far from Bethesda. If you click on membership info there are some email addresses. I would not recommend a...

I have an 8pt pre 1928 #12. It is the best saw I have ever owned. It cuts thru 4/4 hard maple with less effort than an 8pt 1930’s D23. However it took me a while to learn how to use it. This #12...

I have a garage workshop 1/4 mile away from the Atlantic ocean in North Carolina. At the end of every day I wipe down every tool used that day with WD40. Every two weeks I dust my tool shelves and...

I just bought a lot of four saws to get two Disstons, and one of the other two is a Blue Grass

How do you plane the end grain of a long panel? I have a panel 30" wide and 60" long. I am 5'9" tall. I have been clamping it in my vise and standing on a step stool. Is there a better way?

Thanks for all of the great comments. It was the back wall of the socket. I ended up making a new drawer as all of the other six drawers were perfect and this one bothered me

The joint did...