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  0 Thread: Help with Hollows and Rounds
Post: RE: Help with Hollows and Rounds
Thanks so much, everyone.  I really appreciate the guidance and suggestions! j.
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 11 7,061 11-08-2018, 10:15 PM
  0 Thread: Help with Hollows and Rounds
Post: RE: Help with Hollows and Rounds
Rob Young Wrote: (11-08-2018, 11:26 AM) -- Get your hands on a copy of Matt Bickford's book on using H&R planes to make moldings.  And get your hands on a good marking gauge (two even) and at least o...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 11 7,061 11-08-2018, 12:59 PM
  0 Thread: Help with Hollows and Rounds
Post: Help with Hollows and Rounds
Hi, all, I've never used hollows or rounds before, but I need to make a cove trim and figured that now is a good time to start.   I'm looking for the radius to be about 3/4 or 7/8 inch.  But I'm...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 11 7,061 11-08-2018, 10:50 AM
  0 Thread: Video from 1940
Post: Video from 1940
I ran across this video from the 1940s and thought it might be of interest to others on the forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGAyBdUxWaU jason
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 13 6,646 12-17-2017, 01:25 AM
  0 Thread: Cherry in the sun?
Post: RE: Cherry in the sun?
Thanks, everyone.  Sounds like the sunning isn't the best idea for the large panels.   Will go with plan b: just let the panels darken over time.  As desktops, they may have some spots that get les...
 navakahn Woodworking 18 8,880 05-14-2017, 08:16 AM
  0 Thread: Cherry in the sun?
Post: Cherry in the sun?
First time working with cherry.   I've just laminated and flattened two desk tops (36" x 72").   Read somewhere that if I leave them out in the sun for a day, they'll darken up nicely, which my ...
 navakahn Woodworking 18 8,880 05-12-2017, 09:00 PM
  0 Thread: Disston saw vise(s)
Post: RE: Disston saw vise(s)
pm sent.
 navakahn Tool Swap N' Sell 2 2,085 04-25-2017, 08:29 AM
  0 Thread: Advice on saw set & files
Post: Advice on saw set & files
I have just started to sharpen my own saws, and I now need a saw set and some additional saw files. So, two questions:[br][br]1. I'm curious to know if, as with some other tools, used vintage is bett...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 4 5,898 11-11-2015, 10:49 AM
  0 Thread: Just a "plane" beginning
Post: Re: Just a "plane" beginning
I'm not as experienced as some of those giving you advice to buy a well-tuned vintage Stanley. But I was in your shoes about seven years ago, and I took the path they've suggested to you. I'm glad I...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 9 6,611 10-10-2015, 11:38 PM
  0 Thread: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Post: Re: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Guys, the walnut pegs worked like a charm. [br][br]Went in without any trouble -- the wax on the end of the pegs surely helped. [br][br]If anything, I may have been a bit too conservative on my offs...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 4 8,185 08-23-2015, 10:22 PM
  0 Thread: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Post: Re: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Thanks again, one and all, for such great help!!![br][br]I had some straight grained walnut that I split and used for pegs -- made a bunch this evening. Also bored the holes in the legs. [br][br]Wil...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 4 8,185 08-20-2015, 02:42 AM
  0 Thread: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Post: Re: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Wow, thanks again, guys, for all of the comments and suggestions. Nice to have so much experience to draw on.[br][br]One more question: I'm using 3/8 pegs through 2.75 inch legs (1/2 inch tenons). S...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 4 8,185 08-19-2015, 08:58 AM
  0 Thread: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Post: Re: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Thanks, guys, for the help. [br][br]Follow up question: I've read that waxing the pegs is a good idea. Would doing so prevent the pegs from absorbing the moisture.
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 4 8,185 08-18-2015, 11:20 PM
  0 Thread: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
Post: What type of wood for Drawbore Pegs
I'm going to drawbore the mortise tenon joints on a mission settle I've built in walnut. Never done these types of joints and am wondering if I should rive some straight grained walnut to make the pe...
 navakahn Woodworking Hand Tools 4 8,185 08-18-2015, 04:47 PM
  0 Thread: Do I need glue?
Post: Re: Do I need glue?
Thanks, guys. I appreciate the feedback (and instructions for posting pics). Sounds like I should just do it without any glue, which will certainly be neater. [br][br]Maybe once it's done, I'll upl...
 navakahn Woodworking 3 3,038 08-17-2015, 01:22 AM
  0 Thread: Do I need glue?
Post: Do I need glue?
I'm nearly done with a mission settle (in walnut) that I've been building (for far too long). It's my first major hand-tool project and first furniture project other than bookcases I've made from ply...
 navakahn Woodworking 3 3,038 08-16-2015, 10:28 AM

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