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  0 Thread: Garage sale find - what is it?
Post: RE: Garage sale find - what is it?
I recognized it from my own: https://norsewoodsmith.com/files/temp//styles/medium/public/photos/image_1/IMG_1222.jpeg?itok=bvyyiN4g Stew Mac sold these for years.  There is a similar one still o...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 8 513 09-19-2023, 08:37 PM
  0 Thread: Garage sale find - what is it?
Post: RE: Garage sale find - what is it?
It’s a “fret” file, for rounding / shaping frets on a guitar or similar stringed instrument.  See: https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/tools-by-job/tools-for-fretting/shaping-and-cro...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 8 513 09-18-2023, 02:55 AM
  0 Thread: Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen
Post: RE: Lee Valley and Lie-Nielsen
Sounds like the Lie-Nielsen bronze is still a ways out, but they are working on "a solution"... Here's the statement on their website (https://www.lie-nielsen.com/pages/tool-availability) Quote: --...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 16 3,016 05-12-2023, 01:01 PM
  0 Thread: one lawyer saw
Post: RE: one lawyer saw
Pedder, that is stunning.  You are incredibly talented...  
Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 9 1,830 09-23-2021, 12:09 PM
  0 Thread: Mike Wenzloff and the Remarkable No. 77 Backsaw
Post: RE: Mike Wenzloff and the Remarkable No. 77 Backsa...
adamcherubini Wrote: (10-14-2020, 12:17 AM) -- snip: There was a time when saw makers were adding a small amount of fleam to make saws that both ripped and cross cut acceptably.  Yes, that can be ...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 18 6,269 10-14-2020, 09:53 PM
  0 Thread: Mike Wenzloff and the Remarkable No. 77 Backsaw
Post: RE: Mike Wenzloff and the Remarkable No. 77 Backsa...
A Disston 77 saw sharpened for crosscut is done with a 4-1/2" regular taper file with a fleam angle of 45 degrees and no slope / no set.  45 degrees is kind of tough to get the hang of... Filed for r...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 18 6,269 10-14-2020, 09:20 PM
  0 Thread: Norse Woodsmith web site?
Post: RE: Norse Woodsmith web site?
Admiral Wrote: (08-16-2020, 02:38 PM) -- I hope you don't mind me recirculating those two articles; I found them very good which is why I took the trouble to save them. -- no worries!   :cool:
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 9 3,607 08-16-2020, 04:28 PM
  0 Thread: Norse Woodsmith web site?
Post: RE: Norse Woodsmith web site?
I “unpublished” all of my personal content on the site several months ago...  I am continuing to aggregate my favorite blogs by others on the site, that hasn’t changed.  Only content authored by me ha...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 9 3,607 08-16-2020, 12:29 AM
  0 Thread: just a couple of saws finally.
Post: RE: just a couple of saws finally.
You are a true arteest...   :D :cool:   https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48295892306_5d28cb4152_c.jpg That is gorgeous! Leif
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 17 5,851 07-16-2019, 10:45 PM
  0 Thread: Pete Taran is Back in Business
Post: RE: Pete Taran is Back in Business
Awesome!   :yes: :D
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 31 14,401 06-19-2019, 07:02 PM
  0 Thread: Has Sellers Gone Off the Deep End?
Post: RE: Has Sellers Gone Off the Deep End?
Yeah, he's definitely gone off the deep end.   From what I heard, he still uses hand tools!    :laugh: Honestly, he's done good for the genre.  He's entitled to a couple waferboard projects if h...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 38 18,865 05-03-2019, 08:57 PM
  0 Thread: I built my first back saw.
Post: RE: I built my first back saw.
It looks good to me!  Better than my first attempt...   :yes: :D
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 24 7,146 04-18-2019, 09:49 AM
  0 Thread: chisels
Post: RE: chisels
How about Barr chisels? https://barrtools.com/product-category/cabinet-maker-chisel-sets/ (https://barrtools.com/product-category/cabinet-maker-chisel-sets/)  I don't know, they all look good to me,...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 18 9,424 04-11-2019, 10:24 PM
  0 Thread: Glue strength test
Post: RE: Glue strength test
hbmcc Wrote: (04-10-2019, 11:01 AM) -- Having a son's cello repaired and a brother's violin repaired, it is my understanding that easily releasing glue bonds is as important, if not more, as making a...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 4 2,821 04-10-2019, 12:12 PM
  0 Thread: Glue strength test
Post: RE: Glue strength test
Thanks, Jack, interesting video. She did figure out that plywood is not the best test bed for glue joints, at least....  She also admitted her bottle of Titebond III was "old", so I don't know if i...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 4 2,821 04-10-2019, 08:58 AM
  0 Thread: Sawset question
Post: RE: Sawset question
It's best to have one for each...  Setting a larger tooth saw with a set made for smaller teeth can be hard to do, and the plunger on the larger set will be too large for the smaller teeth. A Stanl...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 11 5,786 04-06-2019, 03:06 PM
  0 Thread: Ask Michael
Post: RE: Ask Michael
Bibliophile 13 Wrote: (03-25-2019, 08:29 AM) -- From what guitar players tell me, Gibson went under because the quality of the guitars it produced kept going down, but they still charged high prices ...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,677 03-25-2019, 09:29 PM
  0 Thread: Arkansas stones and a shameless plug
Post: RE: Arkansas stones and a shameless plug
Nicely done video, Vince.  It is very informative and what's presented follows pretty much everything I've learned about oil stones over the years.   I've been a fan of them for a very long time, my ...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 19 8,664 03-02-2019, 10:07 AM
  0 Thread: Another US made hand saw source
Post: RE: Another US made hand saw source
mongo Wrote: (02-08-2019, 10:05 PM) -- no pics didnt happen? -- +1  :yes:
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 29 13,704 02-09-2019, 09:25 AM
  0 Thread: Stu's news
Post: RE: Stu's news
That's too bad.  I always thought it was a novel approach how he was able to leverage his location with customers overseas (us here, for example).  He opened up a conduit to a completely different mar...
 Nordic Woodworking Hand Tools 23 11,335 02-09-2019, 09:20 AM

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