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Thread: Home made plane better than Stanley
Post: RE: Home made plane better than Stanley
If you are having tearout problems with the Stanley plane, something is very wrong. |
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03-14-2024, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: "Un-believable" handplane tip
Post: RE: "Un-believable" handplane tip
I have never made a pen kit, but I have used this technique for decades. It is not unbelievable. It is not unsafe. It is not impractical.We use it when it is the most practical method. |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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07-20-2023, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: Have You Ever Rounded Over an Edge Stropping?
Post: RE: Have You Ever Rounded Over an Edge Stropping?
AHill Wrote: (06-15-2023, 11:36 AM)
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I wonder how barbers avoid a rounded over edge while stropping? A much more acute angle with a two-sided bevel, so you'd think the edge would be more fragile a... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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06-15-2023, 04:17 PM |
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Thread: PSA Fred West estate auction
Post: RE: PSA Fred West estate auction
Derek Cohen Wrote: (11-03-2022, 08:58 AM)
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Warren, that does not sound like Fred. At all.
What more likely transpired was that you told him the Marcou was cr@p, and he gave you a go defending Ph... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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11-03-2022, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: PSA Fred West estate auction
Post: RE: PSA Fred West estate auction
iclark Wrote: (10-20-2022, 10:18 PM)
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I do not know if Fred West was a member here or not.
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I met Fred West in 2009 at a Lie-Nielsen hand tool event where he was displaying a Marcou smoothing ... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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11-01-2022, 05:13 PM |
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Thread: Chip carving
Post: RE: Chip carving
AHill Wrote: (09-21-2022, 06:57 AM)
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Way advanced beyond my skills. I like how she keeps turning the platter to get the best angle for the cut. I don't think enough carvers do that. Instead, the... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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09-23-2022, 02:29 PM |
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Thread: Workbench Top Material
Post: RE: Workbench Top Material
tablesawtom Wrote: (07-16-2022, 07:06 AM)
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It boils down to cost. Benches made in Europe are made out of Beach because it is a common wood there just like Maple is here. Beach is more of an open g... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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07-16-2022, 08:31 AM |
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Thread: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond stones?
Post: RE: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond ...
CStan Wrote: (06-25-2022, 02:47 PM)
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The guy's probably sawing and chiseling some Indonesian native species that's five kajillion on the Janka scale.
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Or maybe he learned his sharpening by watc... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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06-26-2022, 07:26 AM |
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Thread: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond stones?
Post: RE: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond ...
adamcherubini Wrote: (06-23-2022, 05:41 PM)
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A little surprised by that Japanese woodworker. Sawing looked pretty sloppy. I think he didn’t attack the line like I would have, which resulted in a lo... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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06-24-2022, 06:04 PM |
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Thread: Going off of Pedders post
Post: RE: Going off of Pedders post
adamcherubini Wrote: (05-13-2022, 01:28 PM)
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Is it me or did that guy in the video appear to really struggle with that stair saw? I found that difficult to watch. Is that why you mentioned cross cu... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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05-13-2022, 05:19 PM |
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Thread: Heat Treating Old Chisels
Post: RE: Heat Treating Old Chisels
ricagamb Wrote: (05-04-2022, 09:55 PM)
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I have been collecting and refurbishing old chisels to resell mostly and keep the good ones. I have noticed that there seems to be a wide variation of hardne... |
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wmickley |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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05-05-2022, 07:33 AM |
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Thread: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond stones?
Post: RE: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond ...
AHill Wrote: (04-27-2022, 07:00 AM)
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I really don't care if Sellers doesn't prep his wood using power tools. Plenty of WN members are hybrid woodworkers. Maybe only a handful actually prep raw st... |
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wmickley |
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05-03-2022, 02:28 PM |
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Thread: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond stones?
Post: RE: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond ...
Ricky Wrote: (04-26-2022, 01:47 PM)
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Nah, you needn't be bothered. Paul has plenty of videos showing his use of scrub planes, jointer planes, dado planes, plough planes, router planes (he even sho... |
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wmickley |
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04-26-2022, 03:33 PM |
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Thread: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond stones?
Post: RE: Paul Sellers sharpening system, which diamond ...
Ricky Wrote: (04-26-2022, 04:28 AM)
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He's a good teacher. :yes: Takes much of the mystery and confusion out of his craft.
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I watched the sharpening videos on chisels and plane irons. It is pitif... |
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wmickley |
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04-26-2022, 06:13 AM |
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Thread: saw making
Post: RE: saw making
adamcherubini Wrote: (04-21-2022, 11:16 PM)
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Can’t respond to everything above. I’ll just say:
1) 18th c saws don’t look like 19th c saws. I think the burg was looking for the most visual accuracy ... |
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wmickley |
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04-22-2022, 07:09 AM |
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Thread: saw making
Post: RE: saw making
There are an awful lot of weird notions in this thread. I knew George Wilson when he used to run the instrument maker shop. That was almost forty years ago. I think I knew Jon Laubach as well.
Willi... |
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wmickley |
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04-19-2022, 07:57 PM |
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Thread: Going off of Pedders post
Post: RE: Going off of Pedders post
Pedder Wrote: (04-14-2022, 07:18 AM)
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Now I see. Good, our saw design doesn't do that - except a fine joinery saw for a big handed person.
And how does the handle interfere with that?
Chee... |
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wmickley |
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04-14-2022, 08:06 AM |
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Thread: Going off of Pedders post
Post: RE: Going off of Pedders post
RonB195 Wrote: (04-13-2022, 04:19 PM)
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Lastly, Given you prefer to dig out the half blind dovetails with the back of your saw, I would be happy to send you one of my toothed half blind tools to kee... |
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wmickley |
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04-14-2022, 06:50 AM |
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Thread: Going off of Pedders post
Post: RE: Going off of Pedders post
Pedder Wrote: (04-14-2022, 04:16 AM)
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I can't see how that would be a problem of any saw esp. noch a back saw
Just clamp the workpiece higher in the holding devise.
Or do I misunderstand you? C... |
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wmickley |
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04-14-2022, 06:41 AM |
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Thread: Going off of Pedders post
Post: RE: Going off of Pedders post
Pedder Wrote: (04-13-2022, 12:47 AM)
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On a saw it is mostly about the sharpening and setting. Even a 1000 $ saw with bronce spine,
mother of pearl inlay and polished with some hokus pokus oil is ... |
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wmickley |
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04-13-2022, 03:28 PM |