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  0 Thread: Latest from Lee Valley
Post: RE: Latest from Lee Valley

pprobus Wrote: (04-01-2024, 12:25 PM) -- Watch out for that chatter. :laugh: -- Jesus, not an easy to watch advertisement. Informative, though...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 8 707 04-01-2024, 12:57 PM
  0 Thread: Casting plane at home
Post: RE: Casting plane at home

bandit571 Wrote: (03-29-2024, 07:27 PM) -- Might take a bigger mold for this one? AMT No. 5-1/4 Junior Jack plane...base is solid cast brass Going to need a lot of Brass.. A magnet will not ...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 3 405 03-31-2024, 10:11 PM
  0 Thread: Casting plane at home
Post: Casting plane at home

Not sure if it has been already posted, but if you ever wondered how to make these at home, now you can see the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oZ3vmgvRdw https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 3 405 03-28-2024, 01:43 PM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...

Tony Z Wrote: (03-21-2024, 06:27 PM) -- ?beautiful job, Tom! -- Besides the condition of the sole that you are discussing here, one thing I find even more troublesome with metal planes than the sol...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 52 2,165 03-22-2024, 11:28 AM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...

Timberwolf Wrote: (03-03-2024, 12:29 PM) -- cannot be found here on Woodnet...but it's a place to start..IMO, the two subjects most discussed on Woodnet are No.1.. sharpening and No2..flattening....b...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 52 2,165 03-15-2024, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Home made plane better than Stanley
Post: RE: Home made plane better than Stanley

wmickley Wrote: (03-14-2024, 06:16 PM) -- If you are having tearout problems with the Stanley plane, something is very wrong. -- It depends. I am not a woodworking expert. Though I have gained an e...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 3 503 03-15-2024, 10:22 AM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: RE: Cute router plane from Aliexpress

Ricky Wrote: (03-13-2024, 06:46 PM) -- This router plane arrived in 10 days.   I was expecting to wait much longer.   Nice tool for 14.91....I was gonna build a poor man's router plane  using bloc...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,957 03-14-2024, 05:58 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: RE: Cute router plane from Aliexpress

Nordic Wrote: (03-11-2024, 09:46 PM) -- :yes: You probably know this already- Use the Blue Loctite (https://www.loctiteproducts.com/en/products/specialty-products/specialty/loctite_threadlockerblu...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,957 03-12-2024, 05:42 PM
  0 Thread: Home made plane better than Stanley
Post: Home made plane better than Stanley

Well, the title may sound clickbait, but it is true, LOL Anyway, seriously speaking: this is a technique I learnt here many years ago and I was amazed it works so well. So the basic problem: ...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 3 503 03-11-2024, 04:46 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: RE: Cute router plane from Aliexpress

Ricky Wrote: (02-07-2024, 08:27 PM) -- Just arrived.  Nice tool for $14.91.  https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53515782366_0414fcebe6.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2px1nCS) -- I have just had time to ...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,957 03-11-2024, 04:09 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: RE: Cute router plane from Aliexpress

Ricky Wrote: (02-08-2024, 03:15 PM) -- I wouldn't give them my debit card info, but credit card I'm not too worried. -- There are lots of Neobanks now online where you can register for free, reques...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,957 03-11-2024, 04:04 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: Cute router plane from Aliexpress

I have been hunting for router planes for a long time, but as you may know the price of metal ones are skyrocketing, the wooden ones are not cheap either and usually lack proper setting mechanism. Som...
Bencuri Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,957 01-13-2024, 02:22 AM
  0 Thread: Cleaning Spray Gun
Post: RE: Cleaning Spray Gun

Willyou Wrote: (08-29-2023, 09:41 AM) -- I would be very careful about using solvents that might dissolve plastic such as lacquer thinner. -- I reread the manual again, but it says nothing about av...
Bencuri Finishing 10 933 08-31-2023, 07:26 PM
  0 Thread: Cleaning Spray Gun
Post: RE: Cleaning Spray Gun

Willyou Wrote: (08-26-2023, 11:34 AM) -- So. Two different sections of the manual are in conflict. These days, that along with strange translations are not unusual. You need to decide which is correc...
Bencuri Finishing 10 933 08-29-2023, 09:04 AM
  0 Thread: Cleaning Spray Gun
Post: RE: Cleaning Spray Gun

Willyou Wrote: (08-25-2023, 07:05 PM) -- What does the manual say about using paint based on solvents other than water? Perhaps that particular sprayer is only intended to be used with water based pa...
Bencuri Finishing 10 933 08-25-2023, 08:09 PM
  0 Thread: Cleaning Spray Gun
Post: Cleaning Spray Gun

I have an electric paint sprayer. I have always thought when you clean these, you need to add the solvent of the paint you used into the can, and clean the spraygun spraying that solvent out from the ...
Bencuri Finishing 10 933 08-25-2023, 06:47 PM
  0 Thread: How many pound cut is Zinsser SealCoat?
Post: How many pound cut is Zinsser SealCoat?

How much is the shellac amount in this product, anyone knows? https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/zinsser-products/woodcare/sealcoat-universal-sanding-sealer
Bencuri Finishing 3 609 08-16-2023, 10:38 AM
  0 Thread: Can't do overlapping with alcohol dye
Post: RE: Can't do overlapping with alcohol dye

jteneyck Wrote: (07-14-2023, 07:45 PM) -- You do it as I said.  Take your sponge saturated with the dye and wipe it on liberally.  Some flows off the edges, but not a lot.  In this case, you don't ca...
Bencuri Finishing 21 2,257 07-18-2023, 08:43 AM
  0 Thread: Can't do overlapping with alcohol dye
Post: RE: Can't do overlapping with alcohol dye

This one is also interesting, kind of unbelieveable for me: https://youtu.be/cQZprL5qVt0?t=44 To see the way she is overlapping with the dye, and then the camera showing the top later being even...
Bencuri Finishing 21 2,257 07-14-2023, 01:50 AM
  0 Thread: Can't do overlapping with alcohol dye
Post: RE: Can't do overlapping with alcohol dye

Impressive but still would be a mistery for me how to achieve this. For example, the table top: how can you color that with flooding? You may need to pour a ton of dye, and most will flow off, resulti...
Bencuri Finishing 21 2,257 07-14-2023, 01:26 AM

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