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My new goodies arrived late yesterday -- all Veritas: a Low Angle Block Plane, a Bevel-Up Smoother and a Low-Angle Jack, all with A2 blades. Aside from the free shipping, the best bonus is there are both 38* and 25* 2-1/4" blades that can be interchanged between the BUS and the LAJ depending on the grain being worked. I'm a bit poorer, but pleased to add these to my V-stable!
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Rob Payne -- McRabbet Woodworks
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Alright here's what I got in lieu of buying (for once) anything during free shipping....
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About 80 BF of poplar to build a large shoe shelf for my wife and for various other things, and about 15 BF of Cherry in the form of a 10" or so wide 8/4 board...nothing planned for that immediately, it was just a nice board and I wanted to take something home with me a little more exciting than poplar.
This will keep my busy for a while...
Woodworking is terrific for keeping in shape, but it's also a deadly serious killing system...
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Last time I wanted something more interesting from the lumber yard I ended up with a piece of gorgeous sapele that I can't seem to tame. Cherry was a much better choice.
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Hey, I love working with poplar, and it's purty stuff once the heartwood starts turning brown. That much nice poplar would be exciting to me!Originally Posted by Chris Griggs
" Be willing to make mistakes in your basements, garages, apartments and palaces. I have made many. Your first attempts may be poor. They will not be futile. " - M.S. Bickford, Mouldings In Practice
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Actually, I really enjoy working poplar too. Its about as nice a wood to work by hand as there is. Its soft and straight, but not so soft that everything dents it like today's fast grown white pine and hemlock. It stains well, it paints well, and definitely and definitely can have a place as more than just unseen dividers and drawers sides. And you can get A LOT of it without spending loads of cash, which equates to lots of woodworking.
That said a big stack of cherry or walnut wood be even more exciting to me. Actually, a big stack of all 3 species, is about the peek of excitement for me when it comes to woodworking. I think I would be happy working nothing but those for the rest of my woodworking days.
Woodworking is terrific for keeping in shape, but it's also a deadly serious killing system...
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I have money in paypal, but because LV does not accept PP, I have kept my money. Too bad too because I really wanted the shoot plane. I used one at a school in January and I feel that I really NEED one but.... oh well.
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Chris: I had the opportunity to listen to a recording from 2007 by James Krenov a while back. The quote I remember was " one can never have too much good wood " or something very close to that. That, sir, is a good bit of advice for a woodworker to live by. Dave B
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Beall expanding collet set, rare earth magnets and epoxy. The magnets and epoxy I needed for a project and the collet set was to get it over the minimum and one of those "pretty sure I am going to be able to use these" purchases.
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Old brown glue, a froe and an iwasaki (sp?) mill tooth file
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