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  0 Thread: Fret saw
Post: RE: Fret saw
Pedder Wrote: (11-18-2024, 03:04 PM) -- Thank you all! From time to time it is a nice idea to make a saw wich will be really used. Take Care Pedder -- Your saws always display handsome des...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 7 588 11-22-2024, 01:40 PM
  0 Thread: Backsaw Holster
Post: RE: Backsaw Holster
Pedder Wrote: (11-18-2024, 03:03 PM) -- That is a clever Idea, thanks for Sharing, Phil. Not sure how it would damage our oval spines. Take Care Pedder -- It's simple, clean and inexpensive, bu...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 15 885 11-18-2024, 06:00 PM
  0 Thread: Workbench Holdfast
Post: RE: Workbench Holdfast
Any of the aforementioned holdfasts will work nicely as long as you have a fairly thick bench top.  Of those discussed, the LV can be repositioned more easily, but holds less firmly, in my experience.
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 13 1,695 10-25-2024, 09:12 AM
  0 Thread: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 guitar build
Post: RE: Hand Tool moments -- and a Hack -- from 2024 g...
C. in Indy Wrote: (10-15-2024, 03:32 PM) -- 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...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 8 890 10-17-2024, 02:33 PM
  0 Thread: Handworks / Amana
Post: RE: Handworks / Amana
tablesawtom Wrote: (09-02-2024, 10:41 AM) -- I think it is every two years. And if so the answer is no. And I haven't heard about it if it is. There would be a lot more chatter here on the forum if i...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 3 1,076 09-02-2024, 11:53 AM
  0 Thread: Handworks / Amana
Post: Handworks / Amana
Is there a Handworks event in Amana IA this Fall?
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 3 1,076 08-28-2024, 07:37 AM
  0 Thread: Shapton Glass Stones
Post: RE: Veritas Block Plane and Shapton Stones
Very nice plane and photography!
 Mike Brady Tool Swap N' Sell 2 998 08-16-2024, 09:58 AM
  Thumbs Up Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????
rwe2156 Wrote: (07-31-2024, 03:07 PM) -- For me it's the Woodnet platform. It's horrible and outdated text based format.  The only one worse than this is FineWoodworking.  Posting pics is here cumber...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 68 9,238 08-01-2024, 10:53 AM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????
wing nut Wrote: (07-12-2024, 06:14 PM) -- sorry for a couple of dups, panels reclaimed red maple out of 1890s bankbarn out of pittsburg pa, claro walnut from PNW, hard maple PNW, black walnut prob ...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 68 9,238 07-31-2024, 08:18 AM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????
Pedder Wrote: (07-13-2024, 03:24 AM) -- :laugh::laugh::laugh: Before Web 2.0 Cheers Pedder -- I never did well in math.:no:  Should have said 2006.  Chris Schwarz then published his first workben...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 68 9,238 07-18-2024, 09:24 AM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????
I began reading and posting here in the mid-1980's.  My recollection is that this forum was packed with hand-tool info that centered on primarily vintage hand tools; how to use them; where to find the...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 68 9,238 07-12-2024, 02:28 PM
  0 Thread: Wood Central forums
Post: Wood Central forums
Can't seem to locate WoodCentral forum...does anyone know the story? I recall they have been victims of hackers several times in recent years.
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,671 07-06-2024, 11:07 AM
  0 Thread: DC 09 chairs
Post: RE: DC 09 chairs
I like Derek's work shown here because it looks like it belongs in a contemporary setting instead of grandma's parlor.  Along with that, it is expertly crafted. Edit: ...and nicely photographed for ...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 34 4,716 06-04-2024, 09:31 AM
  0 Thread: Old Atkins Saw in action
Post: RE: Old Atkins Saw in action
Living just a handfull of miles from the site of the Atkins factory (now the Indy post office); I have a few of their saws, and agree that, to me, they are marginally better than Disstons.  This comme...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,268 05-22-2024, 10:56 AM
  0 Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...
Do you have your finger calluses yet?
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 16 3,917 05-14-2024, 08:38 AM
  0 Thread: Whatever happened to Derek?
Post: RE: Whatever happened to Derek?
Stwood_ Wrote: (04-29-2024, 12:06 AM) -- I believe he gave up on this place. Lack of traffic and posts, and software that needs fixed badly. -- Undoubtedly true, but this is still a good place to s...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 33 6,599 04-29-2024, 08:52 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley #8 Blades & Tote Question
Post: RE: Stanley #8 Blades & Tote Question
Is a No. 8 tote different from a No. 6 or 7? I have made totes, but they are not "easy" to make and require a long bit for the bore, and a rounded rasp for shaping. Personally I would recommend jus...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 10 2,318 04-07-2024, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...
Cast iron planes vary a great deal in flatness: a given.  In the old days, fresh cast iron castings reportedly were stored for a period of time outdoors at the Stanley Toolworks so that the castings c...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 52 8,070 03-25-2024, 04:14 PM
  0 Thread: Small Boxes
Post: RE: Small Boxes
Excellent work and those tools deserve that resting place.  Reminds me of my own and I would be proud to have yours in my shop along side them.
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 5 1,303 03-22-2024, 09:20 AM
  0 Thread: Daryl Weir saws
Post: RE: Daryl Weir saws
Daryl: Thanks for stopping by and giving the update.  What you taught me has served very well.  I take care of anything in my till up to about 18 tpi, thanks to your great instruction and lots of p...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,264 03-20-2024, 01:42 PM

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