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  0 Thread: Help with repairing a Record No.53 woodworking vise
Post: RE: Help with repairing a Record No.53 woodworking...

Also,  most drill bits will wear down very fast on a hardened roll-pin.   A small carbide Dremel tip might help remove some of the inner diameter.   This can be very tedious!
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 8 790 01-04-2025, 10:18 AM
  0 Thread: opening a can of worms
Post: RE: opening a can of worms

CStan Wrote: (12-04-2024, 04:08 PM) -- I think somebody mentioned frog position. I regularly move the frog forward in order to close the mouth - moved past the point it would form a continuous ram...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 2,255 12-06-2024, 05:56 PM
  0 Thread: opening a can of worms
Post: RE: opening a can of worms

Good Observations, Sir I also find the Bailey pattern frogs work really nice if I set them to make a continuous "ramp" from the frog through the plane base.   That is, I position my frog a bit back...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 2,255 11-26-2024, 06:01 PM
  0 Thread: Fret saw
Post: RE: Fret saw

It's perfect !!! When I cut guitar fret slots this year, I was so relieved to use a thin pull-saw rather than a power tool.
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 7 910 11-17-2024, 10:32 AM
  0 Thread: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 guitar build
Post: RE: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 g...

Thank you all! In response to the questions: It is my 2nd build, and the first time essentially from scratch.   My 2022 build was with a body using walnut and mahogany-- OK, but I had made the...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,226 10-15-2024, 03:32 PM
  0 Thread: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 guitar build
Post: RE: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 g...

More stuff... Using a shop-made miter box and my thinnest saw to tightly cut fret slots: Hand carving a neck profile: First playing moments: Lately -- courtesy of...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,226 10-14-2024, 05:06 PM
  0 Thread: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 guitar build
Post: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 guita...

Some time earlier this year I only posted a couple of these pictures. I was off work several months, and I killed some time making a small guitar.  It is really to my liking, even if not fully polish...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,226 10-14-2024, 05:02 PM
  0 Thread: New HNT Gordon plow plane
Post: New HNT Gordon plow plane

These aren't cheap,  but I've always admired how they look and how they work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gJo_t1wlg
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 3 904 09-20-2024, 05:48 PM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????

I am lately sending my "very best stuff" to either private e-mails, or to other forums who are on average more courteous and responsive. I still have posted projects here many times.   I don't feel...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 68 11,550 07-07-2024, 10:17 AM
  0 Thread: #605 1/2 hand plane blade size
Post: RE: #605 1/2 hand plane blade size

Here, a Dremel cut-off wheel might be a good friend,  if you mind the temperature to avoid "losing the temper". The hardened part of the blade near the cutting end will not draw-file.   For a vinta...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 13 2,484 07-02-2024, 07:56 AM
  0 Thread: Old Atkins Saw in action
Post: RE: Old Atkins Saw in action

Of course I'm an Atkins-partial guy too  :) Regarding different steels, I had flipped a number of saws around 2012.  The Disston No. 12's with "London Spring Steel" really did seem to be harder ste...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,554 05-23-2024, 03:01 AM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...

Mike: You know I only develop calluses from eating hot biscuits -n- gravy ;) Yes, I've pulled off the gloves and I'm getting fretting calluses going again! Chris
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,706 05-14-2024, 11:04 AM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...

It was 5 weeks of very interesting learning! First glue joint: After many many glue joints:
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,706 05-07-2024, 04:20 PM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...

My build is about 85% done.    I couldn't take the anticipation any more, so I installed just enough stuff to check the sound in 1st chord position.   The unconventional (but well liked by many) oak s...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,706 05-03-2024, 04:46 PM
  0 Thread: The Plane has landed
Post: RE: The Plane has landed

Nice fit to a German shop...  Keen Kutter!    (Compressor --> Kompressor;   Automatic --> Automatik ) It looks like a super tool.
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 3,579 04-25-2024, 09:18 AM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...

What's probably most important is the Neck Joint, for long term servicing. Taylor and Collings and some others just went to a nice bolt-on neck on their acoustics. From the original YouTube pres...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,706 04-09-2024, 01:33 PM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...

Yes -- but only for original Titebond I type:   he loosens it with heat (& possibly moisture).     He does say he can't loosen the Titebond 2/ 3 PVA glue types this way.
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,706 03-29-2024, 06:20 AM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide ...

I had this video playing in the background recently, and I caught some interesting viewpoints on the merits of Hide Glue. I won't make you watch the whole thing about a Violin repair.  This fellow'...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 16 4,706 03-28-2024, 11:48 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley #8 Blades & Tote Question
Post: RE: Stanley #8 Blades & Tote Question

I'm amazed nobody is replying  :) For a #8, I don't have one.   I did have a great time a few years back finding one at a flea market and flipping it -- probably the only time I really turned a pro...
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 10 2,781 03-28-2024, 06:19 AM
  0 Thread: Genoa Wi.
Post: RE: Genoa Wi.

Very nice tools! Just from memory, I suspect the Ulmia might have been a toothing plane (if it had its original blade).    That actually sounds pretty useful, no matter which way you go.
C. in Indy Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,405 03-10-2024, 03:50 PM

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