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  0 Thread: Planer Knife Gauge recommendations
Post: RE: Planer Knife Gauge recommendations
Would these work: https://infinitytools.com/products/planer-knife-setting-jig-for-full-size-planers-pair How-2-do-it video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk-5J6DkIHY
 Ray Newman Woodworking Power Tools 1 28 1 hour ago
  0 Thread: Lie-Nielsen Toolworks video by Portland, Maine TV show
Post: RE: Lie-Nielsen Toolworks video by Portland, Maine...
Well worth the 5-6 minutes or so to watch.
 Ray Newman Woodworking 2 225 04-13-2025, 04:44 PM
  0 Thread: How do you like your Dewalt 735
Post: RE: How do you like your Dewalt 735
Would buy again. In 2022, I purchased a DeWalt 735X as the 735 is a shop proven machine. Included was mobile machine stand and extra blades. It replaced an old 3HP 220v Sunhill 15" planer which was...
 Ray Newman Woodworking 7 599 04-11-2025, 04:43 PM
  0 Thread: strange behavior by my SawStop tablesaw
Post: RE: strange behavior by my SawStop tablesaw
Back in 2916, I purchased a 3HP ICS. So far, no trouble of any kind. This thread caught my eye and I have been thinking about it for some time. Then I realized after the OP removed and re-installed th...
 Ray Newman Woodworking Power Tools 51 5,000 02-21-2025, 10:42 PM
  0 Thread: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
Post: RE: Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?
"I keep looking at it thinking it looks easy enough yet I think that is what is holding me back. It can't be that easy." --Bob10 agreed. That's what I thought.
 Ray Newman Woodworking 16 1,741 02-19-2025, 01:53 AM
  0 Thread: Small Excalibur sliding table saw parts
Post: RE: Small Excalibur sliding table saw parts
Call SawStop. Woodcraft told me SawStop restarted the Excaluibr factory to produce the SawStop small slider.
 Ray Newman Woodworking Power Tools 2 516 01-24-2025, 02:21 PM
  0 Thread: DeWalt Radial Arm Saw (south san francisco)
Post: RE: DeWalt Radial Arm Saw (south san francisco)
If I still lived in the San Francisco east bay area, I would get speeding ticket or two driving there to pick it up!
 Ray Newman Tool Swap N' Sell 5 723 01-14-2025, 02:24 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: RE: Stanley #2
EatenByLimestone: possibly. But like many things now, medical issues interfere with what I am doing and how long I can do it.
 Ray Newman Tool Swap N' Sell 10 1,595 01-07-2025, 11:34 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: RE: Stanley #2
Ridgeway and AJKoontz: many thanks for the suggestions. Looked on line and Lee Valley has a low angle block plane and an add-on ball tail and front knob set for a very reasonable price. Thanks again f...
 Ray Newman Tool Swap N' Sell 10 1,595 01-06-2025, 07:44 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: RE: Stanley #2
Colleagues: thanks for the respones. Never thought that the #2 plane is somehwat of a collector's item.  What you said mirrors what three handtool woodworkers told me a few days ago. No need for a ...
 Ray Newman Tool Swap N' Sell 10 1,595 01-05-2025, 10:31 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: Stanley #2
Colleagues: for some reason I am looking for a Stanley #2. Or other manufacturers' equivalent. But I really do not know much about older planes. Have any idea where I might find one? I looked on Eb...
 Ray Newman Tool Swap N' Sell 10 1,595 01-04-2025, 11:24 PM
  0 Thread: My New Year's Gloat
Post: RE: My New Year's Gloat
Good find and hope it exceeds your expectations! Thinking back to the 1970's, I bought a SEARS 10" RAS. Did everyhing I wanted it to do. Held its settings, but I did not slam the arm, motor mount, ...
 Ray Newman Woodworking 12 1,725 01-02-2025, 03:54 PM
  0 Thread: Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen
Post: RE: Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen
I ordered a #3 iron last night and this morning's E-mail showed a tracking number. Have no idea as to how many #3 iron's are in stock.  Wonder when the #2 will be instock?
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 16 8,317 05-12-2023, 01:02 PM
  0 Thread: Corner Clamps for Cabinet Carcasses?
Post: RE: Corner Clamps for Cabinet Carcasses?
"Before starting a cabinet project, you should check machines and fixtures for alignment." --RWE2156 BINGO! That is what I always do and then a test cut on scrap. A few minutes checking saves fr...
 Ray Newman Woodworking 13 4,025 05-09-2023, 07:40 PM
  0 Thread: Japanese chisels
Post: RE: Japanese chisels
BarryVABeach: Thanks! Your post brought back some memories. I recall the house brands and the high end chisels and kitchen knives. I do not recall spending a great deal of money on chisels  -- about U...
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,648 03-30-2023, 09:54 PM
  0 Thread: Japanese chisels
Post: RE: Japanese chisels
Gents: thanks for the information.
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,648 03-30-2023, 04:53 PM
  0 Thread: Japanese chisels
Post: Japanese chisels
Colleagues: I have 10 or 12 Japanese chisels that need to find a good home. Believe they were purchased in the late 80’s/early 90’s from Japan Woodworker, Almeda CA. Age and the resulting physical mal...
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,648 03-29-2023, 09:46 PM
  0 Thread: Help with hand planes
Post: RE: Help with hand planes
Timberwolf and Adam Cherubini know what they speak of about concerning the importance of learning sharpening. I struggled through it until I found the Lee Valley honing guide. With the guide, the chor...
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 38 11,277 03-22-2023, 12:43 PM
  0 Thread: Help with hand planes
Post: RE: Help with hand planes
"At the end of the day, I think the overwhelming percentage of a plane or chisel’s performance lies in how well you sharpen it. This makes hand tools fundamentally unlike the choice between a WEN trac...
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 38 11,277 03-21-2023, 09:24 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley 1914 catalogue -- FREE PDF
Post: Stanley 1914 catalogue -- FREE PDF
As seen on another w'dworking site:  https://blog.lostartpress.com/2023/0...talogue-no-34/ (https://blog.lostartpress.com/2023/02/04/free-pdf-stanley-catalogue-no-34/) Great deal of interesting inf...
 Ray Newman Woodworking Hand Tools 2 1,200 02-05-2023, 04:16 PM

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