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  0 Thread: How to work with stock thinner than 1/4"?
Post: RE: How to work with stock thinner than 1/4"?

I have used double-sided tape I also have 1/4" tall bench dogs, glued up from (blade-friendly) nylon
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 9 879 11-10-2024, 07:13 PM
  0 Thread: Originally saw size for Stanley #60 miter box
Post: RE: Originally saw size for Stanley #60 miter box

RonB1957 Wrote: (09-04-2024, 11:45 AM) -- Thought I might save myself some research time by asking here. As stated. What was the original saw size for a Stanley #60 miter box? 4" x 24"? , 5 x 26"? Th...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 4 725 09-05-2024, 06:37 PM
  0 Thread: Whatever happened to Derek?
Post: RE: Whatever happened to Derek?

Handplanesandmore Wrote: (05-03-2024, 02:26 PM) -- I certainly didn't put up my post in response to yours, but rather to the general impression I have from this thread. I must apologize if I am seen ...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 33 6,544 05-03-2024, 08:23 PM
  0 Thread: Whatever happened to Derek?
Post: RE: Whatever happened to Derek?

Handplanesandmore Wrote: (05-03-2024, 10:39 AM) -- More moderation?!!!!! See how others are handling heated and spirited discussions (that's why they have endless daily traffic in their forum beca...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 33 6,544 05-03-2024, 11:16 AM
  0 Thread: Whatever happened to Derek?
Post: RE: Whatever happened to Derek?

Tapper Wrote: (04-29-2024, 11:15 PM) -- Too bad some of the best contributors have left because of a few derelicts who seem to be able to hang around in spite of what they say. -- Pedder Wrote: (0...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 33 6,544 04-30-2024, 10:10 AM
  0 Thread: Bench Project
Post: RE: Bench Project

Steve Hamlin Wrote: (04-30-2024, 12:03 AM) -- Triangles the other way up, following the end angle? Fuzzy morning eyes registered them that way up at first in the front pic. Ovoids perhaps? Using card...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 17 2,805 04-30-2024, 08:51 AM
  0 Thread: Greenlee slick handle length?
Post: RE: Greenlee slick handle length?

Blacky's Boy Wrote: (04-26-2024, 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/GT...
Joe Bailey Woodworking Hand Tools 7 1,289 04-26-2024, 11:49 PM
  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 1,617 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 29 4,584 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 7,966 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 1,726 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 8,038 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 5,217 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 3,380 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 3,380 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 2,594 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 2,594 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 3,603 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 6,338 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 9,591 10-24-2021, 02:03 PM

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