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  0 Thread: Wood billets
Post: Re: Wood billets

Thanks for the info!
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 1 4,824 06-15-2016, 02:23 AM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 1 4,824 06-12-2016, 01:05 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 5 6,411 02-18-2016, 10:36 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 5 6,411 02-16-2016, 12:04 AM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-11-2015, 09:19 AM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-10-2015, 12:18 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-10-2015, 12:12 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-09-2015, 09:31 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-09-2015, 01:11 PM
  0 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 ...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-09-2015, 11:59 AM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,475 12-09-2015, 11:19 AM
  0 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 ...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 6 6,760 11-07-2015, 09:23 AM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 3 2,907 10-23-2015, 07:48 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 3 2,907 10-23-2015, 04:37 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 5 5,427 10-13-2015, 10:18 PM
  0 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
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 9,429 10-13-2015, 06:37 AM
  0 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 ...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 5 5,427 10-12-2015, 10:51 PM
  0 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...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 5 5,427 10-12-2015, 06:25 PM
  0 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 ...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 9 6,552 10-11-2015, 08:19 AM
  0 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 ...
bgeva Woodworking Hand Tools 8 6,986 10-03-2015, 05:04 PM

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