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Rob et al
There was an excellent post on WKfine tools on sharpening the#1 Millers Falls spokeshave which unfortunately has been taken down.
It explained that the shave is like a bevel up plane. The...

Mishkin
Before doing anything too extensiv ,I would loosen the base screws a turn or two, tighten the vise firmly. There may well be enough play in thefit that your malalignment will minimize. If so...

William,
Of course you are right, in fact I went down to look and with a couple of brass shims under the back wood runner all is hunky dory again.
Should have done it years ago.404244404266
Thanks...

Tony
I have a tail vise on my scandanavian bench a la Taj Frid. Its 30+ years old a nd I use It all the time. However over the years it has started to sag. It is still quite usable but perhaps...

Kyle,
I can see the difficulty in placing this spokeshave. The loop handles are most unusual in Stanley. The logo on the blade (replacement ?) dates back to very early 1900's. The blade cap is the...

Re the birdsmouth- I like and will try one, perhaps adding another dowel for stability
Bill Howes

A fine looking desk, Prashun
One observation on riving wood. As your pictures show, the split always runs out to the smaller portion. Sometimes thats unavoidable, but if you can work with dimensions...

I have Pony 1 inch clamps and they are fine. However I think that I read somewhere the company changed ownership and is now based offshore

I have used 2x8 and 2x10 and 2x10 does give you a litle more freedom to get rid of the pith,(the tree centre). If cost is a big factor 2x8s work and with care most defects can be hidden.
Otherwise I...

Ken you are right in that we store the slabs overhead so weight was the main concern. The small tool tray to keep sharp tools from rolling off is a bonus as well. Hadnt really thought about two...

Mathew you would be most welcome. Second Tuesday of the month!
Bill

I recently completed a small moravian style workbench for our local woodworking club.

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(I apologise for the rotation)

We have to remove it after meetings, so it is knockdown and budget...

Sounds a bit like the lament of an elderly surgeon. I well remember the distress of an administrator when we began to staple wounds. He asked how the residents would learn to sew. We replied that...

Hi Brian
I just happened to be looking atFine Woodworking May/June 1998 for something else. There is an article there by Will Neptune- Engineering a Table with Drawers which is exactly what you are...

Or even use a flea market metal ruler. I didn.t have one hand or I would have. As to different sizes I found that the larger the size was the easier to was to build to high accuracy.

Jon, You are right.
The first time it happened to me, the dishwasher repair guy didn't know what was going on although he inadvertantly fixed the problem by disconnecting the burst protection hose...

I'm not sure what the tongue is Tom. A piece of reddish extremely hard wood that was on the sole of a flea market wooden jointer.
I do have a conventional centre finder Steven, but this all in one...

In need of a centre finder primarily for lathe work, I went to google and found this
392728 a centre finder/ square patented by Ames in the 1800's.
There were a few false starts in making a...

You are sharp Steven! but its right in the last two pictures so I guess that's what matters
Bill

Thanks Derek
I try to learn something new each day. Today's work is done
Bill

Nice solution Derek. I would need a support of appropriate height at the far end of the drawer side o hold it while marking , but I am not as steady of hand as you.
Can you show us a side view of...

Steve
The good news is you are now taking long thin shavings which is what you want.
I think what you describe is common to most spokeshaves with the blade bevel down. I tried a bunch of mine...

Philip,for that specific use I would go to a round bottom spokeshave. Veritas (Lee Valley) and Lie Nelson make good ones' Its a little harder to find the "sweet spot" with a round bottom shave but if...

Hi Sean
I also made a set of threaded clamps some years ago with a thread box.379236

I had the best luck with hard maple, tried iron wood and red oak. I soaked in BLO as others suggest, and have...

Stew, perhaps its unfair to put the blame entirely on the bean counters.

There are more than enough well made tools from the pre WW2 era still in circulation for the shrinking number of...