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Thread: Wood billets
Post: Re: Wood billets
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bgeva |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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06-15-2016, 02:23 AM |
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Thread: Wood billets
Post: Wood billets
Hi,[br][br]I am thinking about making a wooden plow the old stile with the center screw. Looking to get some proper wood billets. I assume quarter-sawn birch is the common? Can somebody point me to th... |
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bgeva |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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06-12-2016, 01:05 PM |
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Thread: How much camber?
Post: Re: How much camber?
I don't measure the camber, I put it grinding with an 8" template. Check Derek Cohen's site for description. I use my own method with Tormek, but essentially it is the same - MDF of blade width with a... |
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bgeva |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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02-18-2016, 10:36 PM |
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Thread: How much camber?
Post: Re: How much camber?
I put around 8" camber on my rough old Stanley jack and a minimal one on the LN one that I use for finer tasks. As for edge jointing - I mostly use LV #6 with the fence. Since it ensures I am square t... |
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bgeva |
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02-16-2016, 12:04 AM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: Re: DT challenge - help needed
Latest and greatest idea from my machinist friend - use a feeler gauge as a blade! I tried and even 0.014 passes the kerf. And it is stiff enough to make a small blade. I am going to use it plus Derek... |
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bgeva |
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12-11-2015, 09:19 AM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: Re: DT challenge - help needed
Darkheart[br][br]Interesting ideas. I will try. [br][br]The sides are quarter-sawn cherry, front and back some a bit strange figured cherry (interesting grain, but very crumbly, need to be very carefu... |
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bgeva |
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12-10-2015, 12:18 PM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: Re: DT challenge - help needed
Just some updates:[br][br]X-acto chisel is 0.02 thick. Chris Vesper's Super Thin Cohen knife is about 0.021. My Two Lawyers Saw is 0.12... [br][br]At this stage I am looking into the following options... |
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bgeva |
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12-10-2015, 12:12 PM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: Re: DT challenge - help needed
Derek,[br][br]Thanks for the pointer. I actually saw this some long time ago and forgot about it completely. I will take two good advices from the article - use of tape and drilling the back side to t... |
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bgeva |
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12-09-2015, 09:31 PM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: Re: DT challenge - help needed
The sides are about 3/8 thin, so no long reach is required. Further searching online brought up Derek Cohen's post on another forum where he also marks the pins with the saw through the kerf BEFORE re... |
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bgeva |
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12-09-2015, 01:11 PM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: Re: DT challenge - help needed
Interesting... This will leave marks on the pins though, so you need to keep them higher than needed and flatten afterwards. Also, sawing will need to leave the full mark, not splitting it.[br][br] I ... |
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12-09-2015, 11:59 AM |
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Thread: DT challenge - help needed
Post: DT challenge - help needed
I needed a utility storage box for my new DT saw from The Two Lawyers. So what is better than a nice dovetailed box? However, if this is for “internal use” I decided to challenge myself into new terri... |
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12-09-2015, 11:19 AM |
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Thread: Jewelers saw or fret saw
Post: Re: Jewelers saw or fret saw
Chris,[br][br]To your question about the thin key blades to match that of the dovetail saw. And actually to answer those who ask which blades to use -[br][br]Pegasus Swiss made blades are amazing and ... |
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bgeva |
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11-07-2015, 09:23 AM |
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Thread: Looking for STRONG magnetic liner
Post: Re: Looking for STRONG magnetic liner
I am familiar with both LV and your designs. Wanted to make something like what you did, just using holding power of the full magnetic strip instead of several point magnets. I assume the plastic line... |
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bgeva |
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10-23-2015, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Looking for STRONG magnetic liner
Post: Looking for STRONG magnetic liner
While watching this Japanese woodworking video on YouTube[br]https://youtu.be/pdwVNLkrOPE (https://youtu.be/pdwVNLkrOPE)[br]I decided to make some similar jig, plus I have some other ideas. The only p... |
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bgeva |
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10-23-2015, 04:37 PM |
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Thread: Braces, egg beaters and cordless
Post: Re: Braces, egg beaters and cordless
Interesting list, Steve. Although I can see some overlap it provides some valuable guidance. [br][br]Thank you all for your input. I will try to use the hand drills a bit more to draw more educated co... |
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bgeva |
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10-13-2015, 10:18 PM |
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Thread: Kerfing plane or rebate saw plane
Post: Re: Kerfing plane or rebate saw plane
I actually like the idea. We might even talk Rob Lee into making of an attachment for the LV small plow to be used as kerfing plane. [br][br]BG |
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bgeva |
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10-13-2015, 06:37 AM |
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Thread: Braces, egg beaters and cordless
Post: Re: Braces, egg beaters and cordless
I actually forgot to mention that I even tried the egg beater with LV brad points - the ones they resharpen (so far the best brad points I've seen). These ones creates super clean entry and exit if I ... |
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bgeva |
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10-12-2015, 10:51 PM |
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Thread: Braces, egg beaters and cordless
Post: Braces, egg beaters and cordless
For some time I am going down the slope of hand tools (almost unplugged).[br][br]Besides band saw which I am not going to drop, the last bastion left is the drilling section. I was keeping this for la... |
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bgeva |
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10-12-2015, 06:25 PM |
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Thread: Just a "plane" beginning
Post: Re: Just a "plane" beginning
Some time ago, when I was a complete plane beginner I took a day long course at the local Woodcraft on how to tune, set and use planes. It was already after Rob Cosman started endorsing WR. So I went ... |
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bgeva |
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10-11-2015, 08:19 AM |
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Thread: Getting Started with planes
Post: Re: Getting Started with planes
Depending of what are you making and what wood do you use good jack is probably an excellent start. If it is tuned you can use it as a smoother to some extent. I would start with really clean vintage ... |
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bgeva |
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10-03-2015, 05:04 PM |