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  0 Thread: Lapping Fluid
Post: RE: Lapping Fluid

ChuckHill Wrote: (04-12-2023, 01:26 AM) -- Other than the smell, what is the problem with ammonia?  I have not noticed any problems. -- CStan will remember more but I think it is a reaction with ni...
Rob Young Woodworking Hand Tools 22 2,991 04-12-2023, 09:20 AM
  0 Thread: Another chair
Post: RE: Another chair

Tom Wiarda Wrote: (03-30-2023, 01:16 PM) -- My latest chair build is post and rung style based on plans by Tim Manney in Fine Woodworking using both hand and power tools. The frame is ash and the bac...
Rob Young Woodworking Hand Tools 11 1,579 04-01-2023, 09:33 AM
  0 Thread: Backgammon board is done!!
Post: RE: Backgammon board is done!!

Dumb_Polack Wrote: (03-20-2023, 08:15 AM) -- I finished it this weekend. Some of the miters aren't perfectly tight (although there are splines there that you can't see for reinforcements) and the ...
Rob Young Woodworking 10 1,738 03-22-2023, 10:28 AM
  0 Thread: Gotshall Block
Post: RE: Gotshall Block

AHill Wrote: (03-21-2023, 06:55 AM) -- In one article I read about the Gotshall Block, there was a restriction that you could only use chisels to create the block.  In college, metallurgical engi...
Rob Young Woodworking Hand Tools 5 1,019 03-21-2023, 09:57 AM
  0 Thread: Gotshall Block
Post: RE: Gotshall Block

Handplanesandmore Wrote: (03-21-2023, 12:59 AM) -- Can't remember the original instructions, but I think the router plane wasn't  on the tool list, and the recess was supposed to be done with a chise...
Rob Young Woodworking Hand Tools 5 1,019 03-21-2023, 09:49 AM
  0 Thread: Gotshall Block
Post: Gotshall Block

The Kansas City Woodworkers' Guild has a series of "Special Interest Groups" or SIGs. Among them are a CNC SIG, Scrollsaw SIG, Carving SIG and a Hand Tool SIG. Usually they meet once per month for a f...
Rob Young Woodworking Hand Tools 5 1,019 03-19-2023, 02:52 PM
  0 Thread: benchtop boo-boo repair
Post: RE: benchtop boo-boo repair

JohnnyEgo Wrote: (03-14-2023, 02:15 PM) -- I do not comment as often as I should in these threads, but I really appreciate the creativity and humor that goes into your choices in these patches.  I ho...
Rob Young Woodworking 7 1,513 03-14-2023, 05:45 PM
  0 Thread: benchtop boo-boo repair
Post: RE: benchtop boo-boo repair

Stwood_ Wrote: (03-13-2023, 08:22 PM) -- Gettin pretty creative there Rob. Can you do a 20 dollar bill? -- Need a bit of time for that one.
Rob Young Woodworking 7 1,513 03-14-2023, 09:21 AM
  0 Thread: benchtop boo-boo repair
Post: RE: benchtop boo-boo repair

arthropod98 Wrote: (03-14-2023, 05:33 AM) -- nice!  how many routers have they lost when they went flyin'??  :winkgrin::laugh: -- I have no idea but I do know of at least one that was dropped (wasn...
Rob Young Woodworking 7 1,513 03-14-2023, 09:20 AM
  0 Thread: benchtop boo-boo repair
Post: benchtop boo-boo repair

Still more benchtop patching to do at the Kansas City Woodworkers' Guild shop. Another class of new woodworkers, another time a router was set down still spinning.  Patch is about 3" long. B...
Rob Young Woodworking 7 1,513 03-12-2023, 03:38 PM
  0 Thread: Disston Saw ID
Post: RE: Disston Saw ID

Bill Holt Wrote: (03-08-2023, 11:29 AM) -- I am not a hand saw guy.  A few years ago, this saw shows up in my shop: (sorry I don't know how to post pictures) * Disston nickel plated badge with two st...
Rob Young Woodworking Hand Tools 5 1,176 03-08-2023, 11:37 AM
  0 Thread: Random Hand tools
Post: RE: Random Hand tools

Troywoodyard Wrote: (03-02-2023, 10:29 PM) -- Stanley butt gauge - $35 Stanley mini router plane - $75 Veritas low angle spokeshave - $55 Stanley no 3 plane - $60 Greenlee draw knife - $75 All...
Rob Young Tool Swap N' Sell 8 1,150 03-03-2023, 01:12 PM
  0 Thread: Random Hand tools
Post: RE: Random Hand tools

Troywoodyard Wrote: (03-02-2023, 10:29 PM) -- Stanley butt gauge - $35 Stanley mini router plane - $75 Veritas low angle spokeshave - $55 Stanley no 3 plane - $60 Greenlee draw knife - $75 All...
Rob Young Tool Swap N' Sell 8 1,150 03-03-2023, 01:10 PM
  0 Thread: Random Hand tools
Post: RE: Random Hand tools

Troywoodyard Wrote: (03-02-2023, 10:29 PM) -- Stanley butt gauge - $35 Stanley mini router plane - $75 Veritas low angle spokeshave - $55 Stanley no 3 plane - $60 Greenlee draw knife - $75 All price...
Rob Young Tool Swap N' Sell 8 1,150 03-03-2023, 01:09 PM
  0 Thread: Random Hand tools
Post: RE: Random Hand tools

Troywoodyard Wrote: (03-02-2023, 10:29 PM) -- Stanley butt gauge - $35 Stanley mini router plane - $75 Veritas low angle spokeshave - $55 Stanley no 3 plane - $60 Greenlee draw knife - $75 All...
Rob Young Tool Swap N' Sell 8 1,150 03-03-2023, 10:16 AM
  0 Thread: 1896 Atkins RIP saw - SOLD
Post: RE: 1896 Atkins RIP saw - Reduced

rayknight Wrote: (02-20-2023, 04:33 PM) -- E.C. Atkins #65 skip point perfection 5 1/2 poinr RIP saw, 1896, Indianapolis - progressive  PPI factory rake set, taper 0.017 - 0.032-0.036 liquidating sh...
Rob Young Tool Swap N' Sell 2 745 02-21-2023, 07:08 PM
  0 Thread: Briwax finishing
Post: RE: Briwax finishing

DaveLeard Wrote: (02-16-2023, 11:04 AM) -- Are there any experienced Briwax users out there? Please tell me about what you're doing and the results you're getting. I'm currently playing with it on so...
Rob Young Finishing 2 831 02-20-2023, 10:12 AM
  0 Thread: Even more benchtop patching
Post: RE: Even more benchtop patching

EightFingers Wrote: (02-16-2023, 03:27 PM) -- So what happens if someone gouges a patch? -- Patch gets a patch. Kinda hoping the squirrel's eye gets hit because then it becomes pirate squirrel.
Rob Young Woodworking 8 1,839 02-16-2023, 07:55 PM
  0 Thread: Even more benchtop patching
Post: RE: Even more benchtop patching

arthropod98 Wrote: (02-14-2023, 02:23 PM) -- cool!  but . . . bring back the poo!  :winkgrin::laugh: -- Need to make a new version that is wearing safety glasses.
Rob Young Woodworking 8 1,839 02-15-2023, 10:10 AM
  0 Thread: Daily Bench Shot
Post: RE: Daily Bench Shot

cbygeorge Wrote: (11-26-2022, 01:17 PM) -- Hope to finish this carving in the next week or so. -- Sweet!
Rob Young Woodworking 1,813 625,639 02-13-2023, 12:04 PM

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