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Brother took the Tool to the Work - C. in Indy - 02-20-2022
About 10 years ago I fixed up some Millers Falls No. 14's for a couple of my brothers. I don't have the finished pictures, but I still have a picture of making walnut rear totes for them:
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My brother in Tennessee was just blown away by what a sharpened hand plane could do. He uses that No. 14 a lot as he fixes stuff around his house.
Lately he was working on a fireplace-surround. He sent me a picture. The plaster wall has deviations as great as 1/8" from "flatness", so he had to adopt the wood to the plaster's contours. With some well-planned shaves, he got it tight enough to "look like it's growing out of the wall". He's happy!
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Happy Woodworking!
Chris
RE: Brother took the Tool to the Work - Bill_Houghton - 02-20-2022
Good education there!
RE: Brother took the Tool to the Work - Arlin Eastman - 02-20-2022
(02-20-2022, 11:09 AM)C. in Indy Wrote: About 10 years ago I fixed up some Millers Falls No. 14's for a couple of my brothers. I don't have the finished pictures, but I still have a picture of making walnut rear totes for them:
My brother in Tennessee was just blown away by what a sharpened hand plane could do. He uses that No. 14 a lot as he fixes stuff around his house.
Lately he was working on a fireplace-surround. He sent me a picture. The plaster wall has deviations as great as 1/8" from "flatness", so he had to adopt the wood to the plaster's contours. With some well-planned shaves, he got it tight enough to "look like it's growing out of the wall". He's happy!
Happy Woodworking!
Chris
You must be the older brother. I do things like that for my younger brother.
RE: Brother took the Tool to the Work - C. in Indy - 02-21-2022
Hi Arlin,
Actually, I'm the baby boy, but -- Thanks Be -- we all get along and we do things for each other! And each time we're probably also thinking of our late Dad.
Chris