I think what David is looking for is a dough box/bowl where they in the old days mixed up the dough for bread. The antique bowl I have appears to have been made using a gouging tool of some sort.
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I think what David is looking for is a dough box/bowl where they in the old days mixed up the dough for bread. The antique bowl I have appears to have been made using a gouging tool of some sort.
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I purchased a couple of boards of persimmon from a local saw mill in 5/4 and 8/4 thicknesses. I have used it for mallets and as a replacement for boxwood as wear strips for side escapement planes. It...
I have an original Norris A-5 and when my #604 Bedrock and the Lie Nielsen #4 are sharp, I can't tell a bit of difference in the smoothing performance.
The Norris of course is the heaviest.
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John:
It really depends on what you plan to carve. The tools for say Period Furniture carving like ball and claw feet, shells, and acanthus leaves will take certain sizes of sweeps and tools whereby...
I'm 73 1/2 and learned most of my woodworking knowledge from a 84 year old. I would love to pass along what I have learned in the 55 years I have been building period furniture but the younger...
There's a great Woodcraft store in Norfolk. They provide a lot of classes and there is also a really great woodworkers club that meets monthly at the store.
David Turner
North Raleigh
Lie Nielsen uses the Stanley Bedrock style of frog. There are two pins that go through the frog and get tightened by pointed screws on the tote side of the plane. Did you also receive the directions...
I have a reproduction of a c1910 Ohio Tool Company (catalogue No. 23) that depicts all the "plows" available during that time frame. In the index it actually calls that type of plane a "panel" plane....
Mike:
I make end grain hard maple cutting boards regularly as the scraps seem to grow in the wood pile. I have never been able to glue up a board that was close to being level on the top so I just...
I would call Lie Nielsen's Customer Service and explain the grooved bottom to them.
Ask how they suggest removal. At best you will be able to send it back for repair. At worse, they will give you...
A friend, Tod Herrli, wants/needs a rip saw and I have 2 in my saw inventory. I want to trade one of the rips for partial payment for a small apple wood smoother he made/has.
Saw #1 is a Disston...
Beautiful work !
I just today found out that Lie Nielsen has discontinued the # 9 plane from their offerings.
David Turner
Plymouth, MI.
I bought a nice pair from Edward Lebetkin for $150. He is the tool dealer/shop above Roy's Woodwright School in Pittsboro, N.C.
They had been tuned/sharpened by Willard Anderson. (He teaches plane...
OK Steven, I will see your #4's and raise you 4 @ #604 bedrocks (one with H,A. frog), 2 woodies, and a Norris.
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I agree with Darrell, Almost all of the 60 plus side escapement planes I have purchased required work; even those purchased from the above mentioned reputable dealers. Most will be slightly warped...
How about 4 @ #2 size
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My wife liked to shop antique stores so instead of just walking around, I decided I would start collecting planes. Now after some 40 years of shopping I have plenty. A complete set of 23 Stanley's,...
Mike:
Are the "totes" completely refinished or did you just clean and recoat?
If recoated, what did you use?
I have 8 handsaws hanging awaiting restoration (for about 10 years now)
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Zach:
L.L.Johnson has flat sawn beech but no quarter sawn beech and they only stock 8/4 flat sawn.
I'm still waiting to hear back from the other two suggested sources but I'm finding that most...
Anyone have a source for quarter sawn stock for making traditional planes? Beech, Cherry, Maple, yellow birch. I have taken the classes, I have the DVD's, I have the tools and the jigs and fixtures....
Has anybody taken the dovetail saw making class in Pittsboro, N.C. at the Woodwright's Shop?
If so, give me your take on the value of the class.
David Turner
Plymouth, MI.
Dan:
I have a complete set of plans for constructing a wooden brace. They are probably 20 plus years old and I have never made the brace. It has the brass six sided jaws that John mentions above....
I took a similar route as Rob. My bench is made up of a purchased laminated maple top 24" wide x 72" long x 1 3/4" thick. To that I added a 4" thick x 4" wide front face for the tail vise and the...
I build period furniture and cut all my dovetails by hand. I purposely space the tails/pins at different intervals to display that they are cut by hand and not by fixture. On occasion I will even...
I have Hock blades in a vintage #3 Stanley, a #604 1/2 Stanley Bedrock, and a #5 Stanley; all without any problem with original chip breakers.
David Turner
Plymouth, MI.