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  0 Thread: Tried & True Danish finish?
Post: RE: Tried & True Danish finish?
I use it but it's important to follow the one instruction it gives you "apply in very thin layers". Yes, drying can be a problem with this stuff.
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 18 18,507 02-20-2017, 08:49 AM
  0 Thread: Crucible Holdfasts
Post: RE: Crucible Holdfasts
... the other scenario ... Maybe Joel isn't charging enough for his goods to get fair market value for them. The big problem here is that there isn't enough vendors of a holdfast to validate the price...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 29 25,548 02-03-2017, 09:52 AM
  0 Thread: favorite resources for info on saw refurbishing and sharpening
Post: RE: favorite resources for info on saw refurbishin...
My apologies if already posted: http://www.timetestedtools.net/2016/02/01/the-best-saw-sharpening-video-ever-published/ I could list the many reasons I like this video, but I recommend you watch...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 14 8,296 01-31-2017, 05:09 PM
  0 Thread: A continuation of a dove tail chisel
Post: RE: A continuation of a dove tail chisel
My grandfather was a solider in the Canadian Army in WW2 and came back with a bride from the Netherlands. As such, he never had the opportunities for school, etc..., worked as a Warehouse labourer, ra...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 6 4,594 01-05-2017, 10:02 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas sharpening guide -- micro bevel
Post: RE: Veritas sharpening guide -- micro bevel
My two bits ... I think that micro adjuster this is one of those things that has an intended use, but some more unintended uses as well if you are clever. I think it's a great way to take out a nick...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 13 11,120 11-20-2016, 09:49 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Power Sharpening Tool
Post: RE: Veritas Power Sharpening Tool
Lots of positive things about this machine. It's basically scary sharp method but faster. If your clever, you can attach all kinds of media to those aluminum disks, not just PSA sandpaper. I have a le...
 Mark Allen Woodworking 7 5,064 10-25-2016, 07:46 PM
  0 Thread: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood planing video
Post: RE: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood...
My apologies to the group here ... You are both quite right ... I was not aware of the purpose of the experiment so it's unfair to accuse the research of presenting results to unrelated questions it n...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,876 10-19-2016, 11:36 AM
  0 Thread: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood planing video
Post: RE: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood...
In statistically designed experiments, isolation is not something that is desired. If there are known interactions, the experiments should be designed to incorporate those interactions and measure the...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,876 10-18-2016, 10:32 AM
  0 Thread: Those of You Who Use a Bench Plane for Shooting
Post: RE: Those of You Who Use a Bench Plane for Shootin...
If you're only shooting end grain ... no breaker is necessary in my experience. If your shooting with the grain, sometimes the geometry of the board makes you go plane against the grain. You may c...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 5 4,013 10-17-2016, 05:08 PM
  0 Thread: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood planing video
Post: RE: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood...
It's cool stuff for sure and people have referred to it many times. Academically, I question the validity of the results to what's actually happening when someone planes wood, since the model they use...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,876 10-17-2016, 04:59 PM
  0 Thread: low tech work-holding methods
Post: RE: low tech work-holding methods
Nothing is cheaper than putting a few screws protruding from the benchtop as planning stops for face planning. Just remember to screw them flush when you're done. For edge planning, I would say it ...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 29 17,190 10-05-2016, 08:34 AM
  0 Thread: Crucible Tool second release
Post: RE: Crucible Tool second release
I think need is being used loosely. What I think is there is a need for certain tools that have a set of features that people want; they talk to quite a few woodworkers, so I suspect they have gleaned...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 32 24,716 09-19-2016, 02:20 PM
  0 Thread: Sector
Post: RE: Sector
Sectors come in many different sizes: There would be a size for drafting for 'paper' scale and there would be size for 'building' scale. You also need appropriately sized dividers for each size as wel...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 13 15,487 09-13-2016, 09:48 AM
  0 Thread: Magnetic Dovetail Guides
Post: RE: Magnetic Dovetail Guides
AgGEM Wrote: (08-18-2016, 04:19 PM) -- OP here, can you remove the clamp and use the guide without it to work thicker timber? Like 5/4? Ag -- Yes, you can remove the part that has the screw to do...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 26 22,670 08-19-2016, 08:50 AM
  0 Thread: Magnetic Dovetail Guides
Post: RE: Magnetic Dovetail Guides
These are great 'get it done' tools. I have only tried the Veritas and the copy is true to it's word; amateurs can get professional level results. You don't develop skills using it? true, but If I'...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 26 22,670 08-18-2016, 10:32 AM
  0 Thread: A promise kept....
Post: Re: A promise kept....
Just a thought there ... it looks like a clever person might be able to convert that to a kerfing plane provided they can make the plate ... can't wait to see the final product and how that could work...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 38 22,400 06-12-2016, 01:15 PM
  0 Thread: Handsaw sharpening
Post: Re: Handsaw sharpening
This might seem flippant but it's worth learning to do it yourself and the cost to get into it is relatively low. Start learning on saws with larger rip filed teeth, move to large crosscut, then take ...
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 6 5,288 05-24-2016, 08:57 AM
  0 Thread: Golden Ratio......
Post: Re: Golden Ratio......
[blockquote]Steve N said:[hr][br][br]I have never consciously laid anything out off the golden ratio. IMHO the people who created so many of the ohhhh's and aaaahhh's in furniture, and architecture th...
 Mark Allen Woodworking 11 8,085 05-09-2016, 09:17 AM
  0 Thread: wood holding problem: tapered legs
Post: Re: wood holding problem: tapered legs
Maybe this?[br][br]http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=72725&cat=1 (http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=72725&cat=1),41637,41659
 Mark Allen Woodworking Hand Tools 6 5,145 01-08-2016, 10:33 AM
  0 Thread: Add height to my Roubo workbench
Post: Re: Add height to my Roubo workbench
Instead of raising the bench, I would build some outfeed rollers you can put on your bench; changing the bench height that much will negatively affect how you use it for it's intended purpose, assumin...
 Mark Allen Woodworking 10 11,057 11-09-2015, 10:19 AM

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