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Hey Steven,
Don't even talk about handsaws, that is worse than planes. Sad to admit that I am not a long way behind you if I count every type of handsaw I have......I have to remind myself.....you don't need any more hand saws.....but I hope to have some back saws and want to build a bow saw or two.....no room....what do you do. (Boy, if I saw a Disston #12 cheap though, for a Disston #12 I would figure out how to make room....if it was cheap enough.)
Stew
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Just a few are just hanging around..
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About a third of mine.....
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20 minute road trip, each way..
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Spokeshave from Seymour Smith & Son, the block plane is a Stanley
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Seems to be a little bit of a 9-1/2 style?
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Japanning is black, a label/decal on the cap iron is yellow with black lettering.
Busy morning.....
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Head count for those block planes in the shop? Now at 10. Re-arranged the till a bit, still not enough room...
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Might have to hang a drawer or two underneath it? Work how much this thing weighs right now...
Block plane is a late model 9-1/2 by Stanley
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Still needs a new edge ground and honed on the iron. Spokeshave?
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Cleaned up nicely, but needs honed. I might have a few too many of these, as well..
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I also cleaned a Yankee No. 41, that was in a $2 bucket of..."junk"
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It even has 6 drill points inside the handle. It might just be worth the $2 for the bucket...
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Along with all the other "treasures that were inside..
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Six paint brushes did hide quite a bit, eh...
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Well, Isuppose I'd better get back to the shop, and actually do a bit of wood working? Lots of tenons to make, and maybe a place to install them on the rocking chair. Maybe resaw some slats for either the back, or the seat? Might take the rest of the week to do....have to lay in a supply of Mountain Dews to keep things from bogging down, too.
If I do manage to get a bit done, I will try to post a few photos, IF anyone wants to see them....
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Hey Steven,
On the rust hunt......Ya Did Good! $2.......Not bad, Not bad at all! Yep, keep us up with your progress, the chair is definitely coming along.
Stew
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Not used to this HOT weather around here....92 degrees today. NO ac in the shop, either. Have to wait either until late at night, or very early in the mornings. I tend to get into trouble when things get over 80 degrees, been downed by heat a few times...
Have measure just how long a slat is between the top and bottom rails, to find how long a tenon I can make. Want at least enough to put a pin through on glue ups. Draw-bored? More like clamp it tight drill and pin. Draw-bore and pine don't play nice together.
Best sales around here are either the widow having a estate/moving sale, or someone is cleaning out a barn......Then you can get a Minty Stanley No.4 Type 13 for .....$2. Or a Disston D-23, 10ppi.....for free..but get there early, before they wake up....from the second cup of coffee. Not saying help them set up, but.........
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Still too dang hot! I got just two slats smoothed out, and marked up for tenons. Looks like a 1" tenon on each end will be a good starting point. Depends on how deep I feel like chopping the mortises later. I can always shorten a tenon, if need be.
Need to get that fan down there up and running...and blowing right on me! no way to vent to the outside....
have a couple slats that are rough on both faces....might take awhile on them. Sat the #5 aside, and ran the #7c.along. Bit hard on the lower back.....Spinal StenosisLumbar is complaining....
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Ok, got the fan set up to blow air onto me as I work on these things....
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Needed to get that side assembly out of my way, might as well mill a tenon. I used that old rip saw to make a few cuts. turned the side around a few times, crosscut the waste off, then set it aside..
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I'll get the other one done...later. Started planing down the slats
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22'' plane vs 26" slat. Got the faces flat and smooth....and even did the edges
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Then laid out 1" long tenons, did a bit more saw work, and had 10 tenons cut
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Since I was doing saw work, might as well do the front seat rail's
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Then lay it over, crosscut the waste off. next, I laid out spacing for the back parts..
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So I could mark where the tenons went. I even marked which slat went where.....not that I'll remember that info....
Time to put away the saw stuff, and set up chisel stuff..
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Might sneak back down there later, and tap a chisel or two......I would really like one full, long day down there, without having to stop and haul people to Wallie World and back all the time...
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Well, somehow managed to sneak back down there, and at least try to chop a few mortises. Tried a few ways to clamp the rail to the bench.....some worked better than others..
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First try....had to add a c clamp at the walnut scrap....somehow, still got the first mortise done..
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Handles sticking up are the chisels I was using. Kept trying ways to clamp the rail, and still be easy to shift from one mortise to the next...
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gave up on the F clamp, kept moving on me. On the next three.....just a BIG c clamp at the walnut block, until all five were standing there...
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IF I ever go back to Sears...that c clamp will be going along, defective, and bent. Wiggles around as you tighten it down. Found a bit better clamp, and set things up to do the other rail
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Seems to be the way to go....yes, there is a scrap piece on the other side...
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As for the toys needed for this sort of work..
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Mallet is the one I turned a few years ago....made to fit my hands Block plane to "adjust" the tenons for a better fit. That blue thing is a razor knife. Use that to "cut in" around the tenons while marking where the mortises will be. I domost of this sitting down on the shop stool. maybe sometime Sunday, I can get the other five mortises done?
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Well, trying to hide in the shop, today.....
Got the rest of the mortises chopped, glue applied, clamps tightened
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Then cut 10 pins, about 1" long or less. Drilled a hole through each joint, hopefully in the center of the tenon, add some glue to each pin, and drove them home....
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To be trimmed off later. Now waiting on the glue to dry.....then maybe a bit of chopping into ONE of the sides frames? I can get the two seat supports ( but, not the middle one) fitted to one side frame, and this back. Then I can lay out for the other side frame. Then, maybe sometime in June......seat can be made?
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Got the assembly out of the clamps, pins trimmed flush, set the thing aside..
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Cleared off the bench, to get the side frame ready to do some chopping...
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And set the back seat support into a mortise. Have to cut a "flat" to seat things down.
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I slid thing down a bit, and chopped a mortise for the bottom rail of the back. Note the flats? Had to move things around a bit, as the next mortise was quite a ways"out there"
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Swung the frame around, and chopped the top mortise
Once I got the hole dug, I could test fit things a bit..
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Will need a fine tuning. Which leaves just one more mortise on this frame to do....
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might have to move things around, again.
Down in the shop, I have no idea IF a thunderstorm is going on outside.....except when these start up
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A sign that we had a "Gulley-Washer" come through....There are a couple "canals" that head for the floor drain
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Usually, right where I am trying to work...of course. Got tired of wet feet, took a break for a while....
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