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  0 Thread: Bench Strength Test
Post: RE: Bench Strength Test

As I look at the picture, the stretchers appear to be gracefully arched.  The question I have is did you build them that way (nice touch if you did!), or is your 4-point bend test bending them that wa...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 9 5,756 05-03-2017, 10:35 PM
  0 Thread: Hmmmmmm T-Mac, say it's not so
Post: RE: Hmmmmmm T-Mac, say it's not so

Our PBS station rotates Roy, Woodsmith Shop and Scott Phillips through two time slots each Saturday.  I record them and watch when I have time.  I enjoy Roy the most, but I learn things from all of th...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 49 34,672 05-03-2017, 05:55 PM
  0 Thread: Calculating angles
Post: RE: Calculating angles

I found responses to this posting really interesting from the standpoint of the variety of approaches to the OP’s problem.   Some said one additional piece of information is needed to completely sp...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 16 8,287 05-03-2017, 10:55 AM
  0 Thread: Scrubbed Coves
Post: RE: Scrubbed Coves

John, Thanks for pointing that out.   http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-tools/hand/the-stanley-57-core-box-plane There are no new things under the sun. ;) Paul
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 3 2,760 05-02-2017, 04:54 PM
  0 Thread: Scrubbed Coves
Post: Scrubbed Coves

A few weeks ago I mentioned making a notched log.  https://forums.woodnet.net/showthread.php?tid=7328788    When I worked the notch with a scrub plane, I got a surprisingly smooth, uniformly curved s...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 3 2,760 05-02-2017, 12:53 PM
  0 Thread: odd question about drill presses
Post: RE: odd question about drill presses

Thank you, Allan.  Mystery solved.
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Power Tools 9 5,785 05-01-2017, 12:35 PM
  0 Thread: odd question about drill presses
Post: RE: odd question about drill presses

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah146/paul-in-plymouth/drill%20press%20table/Delta%2017-990x%20drillpress_zpsyokefixi.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/paul-in-plymouth/media/drill%20press%20...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Power Tools 9 5,785 05-01-2017, 10:28 AM
  0 Thread: Calculating angles
Post: RE: Calculating angles

I like the cross-grain anchor in Steve N.'s photo.  Nice idea.
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 16 8,287 04-30-2017, 01:39 PM
  0 Thread: More from "Brian Palme"
Post: More from "Brian Palme"

Offerings of free woodworking plans keep coming to my inbox from our friend “Brian Palme,” whoever or whatever he may be.    Ironclad rule: they hit the trash unopened as fast as they come in.  But it...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 26 17,033 04-29-2017, 02:43 PM
  0 Thread: Handworks 2017 in Iowa
Post: RE: Handworks 2017 in Iowa

I had a lot of fun at the first two Handworks gatherings and am looking forward to #3 next month.  It's a great opportunity to  try out new tools and meet the people who made them, the best gathering ...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 59 43,398 04-28-2017, 07:22 AM
  0 Thread: Wood identification books
Post: RE: Wood identification books

Bruce Hoadley's book Identifying Wood, already mentioned, gives systematic keys for identifying an unknown piece of wood mostly based on characteristics readily visible with a 10x hand lens.  This is ...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 6 3,645 04-22-2017, 11:06 AM
  0 Thread: Help setting up the space in my new shop?
Post: RE: Help setting up the space in my new shop?

The wood stove should make it nice and cozy.
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 27 14,946 04-05-2017, 12:14 PM
  0 Thread: Help setting up the space in my new shop?
Post: RE: Help setting up the space in my new shop?

Looks like you’re going to have some fun putting this together.  Sounds like you have things quite well planned already.   For refinements, be aware of tools like this shop planner available on the Gr...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking 27 14,946 04-05-2017, 11:01 AM
  0 Thread: Paul Sellers tuning f0rk for hand planes
Post: RE: Paul Sellers tuning f0rk for hand planes

I’ve had one of those in my shop ever since I retired.  Keeps my planes always sharp and ready to go.    This may be a little OT, but not entirely.  It relates to consummate machining skill and atten...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 4 4,361 04-02-2017, 03:19 PM
  0 Thread: Weather and woodworking
Post: RE: Weather and woodworking

For a while this winter I abandoned the warmth and daylight of the heated shop upstairs to work some green wood in the unheated garage below, alongside the bikes and skis and boats that normally live ...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 25 13,105 03-28-2017, 09:56 AM
  0 Thread: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep
Post: RE: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep

Do you detect any tendency of the piston to get hung up on the walls of its brass cylinder as you work it in and out by hand?  I think that's the key point of Derek's suggestion.   If not, then I'd...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 27 17,656 03-25-2017, 11:05 AM
  0 Thread: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep
Post: RE: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep

I think what Derek is saying is that if for some reason the piston gets prematurely hung up in its cylinder in the brass screw as you tighten, then it may make you think it’s fully bottomed out before...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 27 17,656 03-25-2017, 10:16 AM
  0 Thread: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep
Post: RE: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep

Your parts look like mine.  Your observation that you have vertical play of the blade relative to the body indicates your blade is not fully immobilized in the shackle by the the locking screw.    ...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 27 17,656 03-24-2017, 05:50 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep
Post: RE: Veritas Router - Blade slipping; cuts too deep

It’s hard to understand the depth of cut increasing.  I think the suggestion that you left some slack between the flange of the depth-adjustment nut and the recessed ring at the top at the blade might...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 27 17,656 03-24-2017, 01:16 PM
  0 Thread: There’s a Reason It’s Called “Ironwood.”
Post: There’s a Reason It’s Called “Ironwood.”

After I finished the log cradle I described recently, I made some wedges of the hop-hornbeam ironwood.   http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah146/paul-in-plymouth/hop%20hornbeam%20log/hop%20hornbeam...
Paul-in-Plymouth Woodworking Hand Tools 3 4,375 03-23-2017, 10:49 AM

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