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  0 Thread: Greenlee slick handle length?
Post: RE: Greenlee slick handle length?

Blacky's Boy Wrote: (Yesterday, 08:42 PM) -- ... I need to know how long to make the handle. Any help here? -- From a 1941 Greenlee catalog: https://i.imgur.com/GT31odf.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/GT3...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 1 22 1 hour ago
  0 Thread: Edge planing technique issue
Post: RE: Edge planing technique issue

When starting out, this is one of the hardest things to master. There's not a lot of surface area upon which to rest the sole of the plane, and it takes quite a bit of practice to feel exactly where t...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 507 04-14-2024, 05:40 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
Post: RE: A case to store a few chisels in?

hbmcc Wrote: (04-14-2024, 12:23 PM) -- My wife swears by [dill?] pickle juice for leg cramps. Buys cases of 'jigger-sized' bottles to keep around the house. -- An old, well-known remedy is a tables...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-14-2024, 02:26 PM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...

Timberwolf Wrote: (03-24-2024, 08:31 AM) -- ................ Looks like we have the beginnings of a "Flatness war".....:rolleyes::crazy: -- Well, it's about time we had a new one -- Those "shar...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 52 2,665 03-24-2024, 01:18 PM
  0 Thread: preserving an old wooden rule
Post: RE: preserving an old wooden rule

toolmiser Wrote: (06-28-2023, 04:16 PM) -- I picked up an old Stanley 24" folding rule # 66 3/4 at a garage sale for 25 cents.  I did a light cleaning to get the surface dirt off of it.  Now the wood...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 8 975 06-28-2023, 05:35 PM
  0 Thread: Help with hand planes
Post: RE: Help with hand planes

Leandre Wrote: (03-16-2023, 05:48 PM) -- what do the abbreviations mean for WNers and SnS? -- WNers = Woodnetters -- users of this site SnS = Swap and Sell -- the buy/sell/trade forum of this site
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 38 4,714 03-16-2023, 06:19 PM
  0 Thread: Gidgee
Post: RE: Gidgee

Pedder, that wood is lucky to have found you!
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 24 3,220 10-12-2022, 11:11 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley No. 100 miter jig
Post: RE: Stanley No. 100 miter jig

"Joe, these came with two rulers?" Yes, you can see them on page 7 of the manual whose link I provided -- the part number is MM-18. Those two pins in the casting fit into holes in the end of the r...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 9 2,276 07-31-2022, 11:20 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley No. 100 miter jig
Post: RE: Stanley No. 100 miter jig

Bill_Houghton Wrote: (07-29-2022, 06:07 PM) -- I picked up a Stanley No. 100 miter jig today (picture is from interweb, but mine looks like it) I own a Millers-Falls Langdon Acme miter box (in my ...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 9 2,276 07-30-2022, 05:17 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley 9 1/2 Blade
Post: RE: Stanley 9 1/2 Blade

AHill Wrote: (12-09-2021, 05:24 PM) -- If you have the newer Stanley 9-1/2 Sweetheart, you can buy the blade directly from Stanley.  Ron Hock sells blades that fit vintage 9-1/2's.  I can't say for s...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,746 12-09-2021, 07:30 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley 9 1/2 Blade
Post: RE: Stanley 9 1/2 Blade

BassMD Wrote: (12-06-2021, 07:33 PM) -- Can't seem to find a replacement blade for a Stanley Sweetheart 9 1/2. This is the one that has 2 small holes for the adjustment mechanism, not slots or a larg...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,746 12-07-2021, 11:42 AM
  0 Thread: Simple beginner sharpening
Post: RE: Simple beginner sharpening

matzner Wrote: (11-28-2021, 02:26 PM) -- Hi: This is likely to set off a debate, but here goes. I want to gift a power tool woodworker with a simple, foolproof way to sharpen planes and chisels...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 10 2,486 11-29-2021, 09:15 AM
  0 Thread: Found a new tool today at the "Carolina Pickers" fall festival
Post: RE: Found a new tool today at the "Carolina Picker...

Scott W Wrote: (11-06-2021, 04:42 PM) -- Never been there before and it was mostly car related. I think i saw 5 planes and 8 chisels and some misc stuff. A massive MASSIVE vise caught my eye but it w...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 19 4,706 11-06-2021, 06:12 PM
  0 Thread: New-old saw till
Post: RE: New-old saw till

Derek Cohen Wrote: (10-24-2021, 10:57 AM) -- This is my old saw till, taken probably about 10 years ago ... https://i.postimg.cc/kGrNLwx7/5-zps57ebe9ac.jpg Here is the completed till ... htt...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 13 7,546 10-24-2021, 02:03 PM
  0 Thread: Wobbly blade on Lee Valley router
Post: RE: Wobbly blade on Lee Valley router

Aram Wrote: (10-13-2021, 02:46 PM) -- Looks like just stupidity on my part. The post was rotated 90 degrees from the right way. I think it's ok now. -- Good call, Tony C.
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 15 3,078 10-13-2021, 03:25 PM
  0 Thread: Wobbly blade on Lee Valley router
Post: RE: Wobbly blade on Lee Valley router

Aram Wrote: (10-13-2021, 09:52 AM) -- Thank you. I need to clarify. It is not the entire blade assembly that is loose. It is the blade itself wobbling on the blade holder (holder? post? not sure what...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 15 3,078 10-13-2021, 11:26 AM
  0 Thread: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise
Post: RE: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise

Timberwolf Wrote: (09-28-2021, 03:45 PM) -- ....................... Still not sure which ad you are referring to ... -- THE ad for which I provided a link in my post Anyway, here's the ad, from...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 18 4,847 09-28-2021, 05:22 PM
  0 Thread: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise
Post: RE: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise

Timberwolf Wrote: (09-28-2021, 01:12 PM) -- ................. No...I was referring to this Emmert........... https://i.postimg.cc/dVLZzHcB/8277-ED86-990-F-437-D-84-B4-E040279533-E2-4-5005-c.jpg (htt...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 18 4,847 09-28-2021, 01:42 PM
  0 Thread: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise
Post: RE: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise

Timberwolf Wrote: (09-28-2021, 11:30 AM) -- ..................... The two "posts" on one side of the vise shown was apparently used for making iron scrolls, etc.  I was not aware that they were made...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 18 4,847 09-28-2021, 12:47 PM
  0 Thread: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise
Post: RE: Emmert K2 Pattern Makers Vise

Timberwolf Wrote: (09-26-2021, 10:54 PM) -- ........................... IIRC Scoony,  I read that they made the last ones in 1912, so that's well over 100yrs ago.. -- Not sure what the referen...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 18 4,847 09-28-2021, 10:53 AM

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