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This is posted in the woodcarvers forum. You will likely have better luck if you post in one of the other forums here.

It is an issue of risk management. What is the cost (in money, time, grief) to replace or cut and glue the stock to remove the pith vs what is cost to have it crack after you have spent the time and...

Shawn:

You seem to be missing a picture.

(At least I cannot see it)

John

I have a "duplex" spokeshave, a flat portion next to a concave portion marked "Seymour Smith & Son"

Erik:

The workbench plate that you show is the same one that is in the book that I have.

The University of Chicago link mentioned 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. It seems...

I assume that you would not be moving the bench frequently. You could easily clamp the top to the stretchers to allow moving the bench by the top if you want to use the dowel method to attach the...

Erik,

If you are going to look at the original text, it also referenced "Volume 7 Menosie". I have no idea what menosie might mean. At 60kg/132lb that is quite a book (or set of books).
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Similar to what was stated above as far as using the holes to place a rest or stop, in Eric Sloane's "Home Building and Woodworking in Colonial America" on page 90, there is a reprint of a plate from...

The book Woodens Planes and How to Make Them by Perch and Lee (Algrove Publishing, Lee Valley has it) has a chapter on cooper's planes. It might help.

The Lee Valley tail vise does not come with instructions but this page from Woodcrafts site has instructions for basically the same vise.

http://www2.woodcraft.com/pdf/77A41.pdf

Oh, I always assumed it was actually registered. Learn something new every day.

I have seen Scary Sharp with a (tm) trademark stamp, so there may be paperwork filed on the name. I associate Mike Dunbar with the name. The general technique of sharpening with sandpaper has...

I believe the tooth style is called a peg tooth.

I would probably support the bit on two pieces of wood with the bent portion in the center with the bend facing up and tap it with a hammer. I would go with many small taps rather that a few large...

What kind of vises are you planning on? A traditional tail vise will probably require the most overhang. If you go with a twin screw vise on the end, you would likely need less overhang; but the...

Greetings:

There is a website that seems to focus on that community:

http://www.iforgeiron.com

I believe Mr. Strasil here has mentioned it and may have more knowledge of the site. It had...

Wheels have been used for portability for a long time. The Romans had lots of stuff on wheels. They built roads to help as well. They did cart complex stuff around for battle, catapults and other...

In general Leach's Blood and Gore site is great for Stanley plane information:

http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html


As I understand the Defiance planes were focused at the home...

Joe:

The Practical Woodworker, Bernard Jones has a short chapter on draw or extending tables. It shows a few of the possible mechanisms. Might give you some ideas if you have the book.

One thing to keep in mind regarding these tests is that it is not really representative of how joints fail. The tests load the joint until failure, often with the wood itself tearing apart. While the...

Sean:

Drawboring is when you drill the hole in the tenon slightly closer to the shoulder than the hole in the mortise, so when you put the tenon in the mortise the holes do not quite line up....

I believe the article being referenced is the Nov 2006 Wood magazine. The difference in strength for both shear and tension tests is rather slight comparing a 1.75" x 1.5" tenon with and without two...

Greetings:

I'm not sure about perfectly vertical, but this is a previous post that has a "beam borer" in it. Looks like it would fit the bill.
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"Wooden Planes and How to Make Them" by Perch and Lee has a chapter on coopers tools. Might be useful.

I like the oval bolster or pigsticker mortise chisels. I picked up old ones on eBay fairly cheap a year or so ago. I believe Tools for Working Wood carries new ones as well. They are nice and heavy.