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  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
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bandit571 Wrote: (03-22-2024, 11:40 AM) -- "Very Pretty, sir!  But, can it cut?"    to paraphrase a quote from the "Dirty Dozen" One can polish up a butter knife to a mirror-like shine..and it still...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 52 1,639 03-22-2024, 02:18 PM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...

There are possibly(?) internal stresses that can warp cast iron over a long period of time. Heat, especially if unevenly applied can warp.  Happens once in a while with cast iron pans.  I suppose its ...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 52 1,639 03-19-2024, 10:42 PM
  0 Thread: Handsaw for Smaller Splits
Post: RE: Handsaw for Smaller Splits

EricU Wrote: (03-19-2024, 05:37 PM) -- What makes a saw not-resharpenable?  I just heard of a saw where the maker intends for you to replace the blade fairly regularly. I have some cheap crosscut saw...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 3 219 03-19-2024, 09:35 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
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Bencuri Wrote: (03-12-2024, 05:42 PM) -- Theoretically it is possible, but given the situation that the screw came loose already at normal use, I'd worry about the thread becoming completely loose on...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,675 03-13-2024, 05:53 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: RE: Cute router plane from Aliexpress

Bencuri Wrote: (03-11-2024, 04:09 PM) -- there may be need for adding screw locking glue to it, or do something to fix it there permanently. -- :yes: You probably know this already- Use the Blue...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,675 03-11-2024, 09:46 PM
  0 Thread: Home made plane better than Stanley
Post: RE: Home made plane better than Stanley

Awesome! Looking forward to reading your article! :yes:
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 3 367 03-11-2024, 09:34 PM
  0 Thread: Bedrock 608
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tablesawtom Wrote: (02-24-2024, 05:17 PM) -- I bought a Bedrock 608 flat side at an Auction recently and so far I have disassembled it and stripped the body. The frog is next to be stripped and I hav...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 34 2,115 03-03-2024, 09:46 AM
  0 Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
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Just to update.... I bought a can of Zinsser spray shellac.  I sprayed a few very light coats over the boxes, trying not to overdo it so as to cause the "decals" to lift.  I was *mostly* successful...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 15 706 02-22-2024, 10:49 AM
  0 Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
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TheCabinetmaker Wrote: (02-21-2024, 12:44 AM) -- Those look great! I wonder if you were to shellac over the labels do you think that wood protect them? -- Maybe if sprayed on…. I’ll pick up a Zinss...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 15 706 02-21-2024, 07:08 AM
  0 Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
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grwold Wrote: (02-20-2024, 08:38 PM) -- I've started the timer.  I'll check back! In the mean time, please don't be surprised if, somewhere in there, I post photos of a copy of your design.  The c...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 15 706 02-20-2024, 11:37 PM
  0 Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
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grwold Wrote: (02-20-2024, 05:46 PM) -- Those look really nice.  Did you put any organizers on the insides, to hold parts in position? I bet the decals will stay in place nicely with one or two mo...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 15 706 02-20-2024, 06:25 PM
  0 Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
Post: Finally! Combination plane storage.

Decades(!) of owning these things without having proper storage.  Finally, while looking through what I want to sell off, I spied some extra red oak I had on hand and decided I'd make proper boxes for...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 15 706 02-20-2024, 04:39 PM
  0 Thread: Is there any woodworking you can make money at?
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nosoup4u Wrote: (02-09-2024, 02:09 PM) -- … is there anything that actually pays?  -- It depends on how deep you want to go into it. In a word….  “No”. In two words…. “It depends”. In four words…...
Nordic Woodworking 34 2,058 02-17-2024, 12:07 AM
  0 Thread: Shooting board questions
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I can’t speak to if there is a reason for that - I have never owned one of Rob’s shooting boards and just don’t know, maybe someone here has.  I very much doubt it is a ‘prototype‘.  I do know Rob cus...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 7 483 02-15-2024, 03:00 AM
  0 Thread: Using a dovetail saw
Post: RE: Using a dovetail saw

Steve Hamlin Wrote: (10-15-2023, 05:39 PM) -- Many, many moons ago, David Jeske (I think) introduced a two-handled western dovetail saw... a most peculiar beast, held like a black hat with two pistol...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 34 4,164 10-15-2023, 09:58 PM
  0 Thread: Widest plane blade
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iclark Wrote: (10-12-2023, 04:48 PM) -- Holding thin pieces of maple while you taper them with a plane could be problematic. -- I’ve used double sided tape for this…. I think I’ve also tried hot gl...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 10 1,430 10-12-2023, 10:05 PM
  0 Thread: Garage sale find - what is it?
Post: RE: Garage sale find - what is it?

I recognized it from my own: https://norsewoodsmith.com/files/temp//styles/medium/public/photos/image_1/IMG_1222.jpeg?itok=bvyyiN4g Stew Mac sold these for years.  There is a similar one still o...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,086 09-19-2023, 08:37 PM
  0 Thread: Garage sale find - what is it?
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It’s a “fret” file, for rounding / shaping frets on a guitar or similar stringed instrument.  See: https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/tools-by-job/tools-for-fretting/shaping-and-cro...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,086 09-18-2023, 02:55 AM
  0 Thread: Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen
Post: RE: Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen

Sounds like the Lie-Nielsen bronze is still a ways out, but they are working on "a solution"... Here's the statement on their website (https://www.lie-nielsen.com/pages/tool-availability) Quote: --...
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,616 05-12-2023, 01:01 PM
  0 Thread: one lawyer saw
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Pedder, that is stunning.  You are incredibly talented...  
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 9 2,252 09-23-2021, 12:09 PM

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