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  0 Thread: Hock blade issue
Post: RE: Hock blade issue

Scoony Wrote: (02-15-2025, 09:20 AM) -- Follow up.  TFWW sent me a new blade which arrived Friday.  Cleaned up of the back, and sharpened it. Seems to work perfect and holds the edge. -- I think ...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 7 543 02-15-2025, 09:35 AM
  0 Thread: Hock blade issue
Post: RE: Hock blade issue

What Timberwolve says is true to a certain degree, But at Cherry red ( about 1475F) there will be a black film forming very quickly and when it happens it is oxygen in the air coming in contact with t...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 7 543 02-09-2025, 04:06 PM
  0 Thread: Hock blade issue
Post: RE: Hock blade issue

Scoony Wrote: (02-08-2025, 10:10 AM) -- I have been using Hock plane blades over the past 20 years with no issues. I have a #3 that I picked up a few years ago, but set it aside and let it collect du...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 7 543 02-08-2025, 12:40 PM
  0 Thread: strange behavior by my SawStop tablesaw
Post: RE: strange behavior by my SawStop tablesaw

I own a Saw Stop table saw and I haven't experienced that problem. But it is nice to know of a possible solution, should that problem ever arrive. I also agree with you on the saw. I have owned a craf...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 26 1,370 02-08-2025, 12:08 PM
  0 Thread: A Bailey Big Dog for sale
Post: RE: A Bailey Big Dog for sale

Paid for and gone. Tom
tablesawtom Tool Swap N' Sell 2 421 01-20-2025, 04:38 PM
  0 Thread: A Bailey Big Dog for sale
Post: RE: A Bailey Big Dog for sale

sold pending. Tom
tablesawtom Tool Swap N' Sell 2 421 01-19-2025, 03:46 PM
  0 Thread: Bailey 4 1/2 for sale
Post: RE: Bailey 4 1/2 for sale

Price reduced to $125 Shipped. Tom
tablesawtom Tool Swap N' Sell 2 802 01-18-2025, 02:53 PM
  0 Thread: A Bailey Big Dog for sale
Post: A Bailey Big Dog for sale

I have a Stanley Bailey 7C for sale. The japanning is 95% there, there is a small section missing at the toe which can be seen in one of the photos, and also a small chip in the lever cap. The wood...
tablesawtom Tool Swap N' Sell 2 421 01-18-2025, 02:48 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: RE: Dust separators

Have you looked at any of the videos' to see what I am talking about? probably not. Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 1,224 01-12-2025, 03:40 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: RE: Dust separators

Yes cyclone separators are used in industry, but we are not talking about industry but home shops. I checked Grizzly and their cheapest cyclone was slightly over $ 1,000 for a 1 1/2HP separator.  I fo...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 1,224 01-11-2025, 05:15 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: RE: Dust separators

A small cyclone separator is a good addition to a shop vac hooked up to a router table. There are more chips than dust created on a router table and it will save on filter cleanings. Application. Appl...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 1,224 01-11-2025, 12:43 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: Dust separators

There is a lot of dust separator up grades on YouTube lately. It is probably because I watch them, when they appear but I am not sure.  One was complaining that he got tired of having to empty the pla...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 1,224 01-11-2025, 12:37 PM
  0 Thread: Outfeed Table
Post: RE: Outfeed Table

Tapper Wrote: (01-07-2025, 04:47 PM) -- Approximately 36" Doug -- Thank you for that information. Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 17 2,707 01-08-2025, 04:05 PM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

Bandit, I know you like to show planes taking a shavings so I thought I would show some with my Keen Kutter. It is easy to show a picture of a plane, but harder to show it taking a cut  so I though I ...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 841 01-07-2025, 09:56 AM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

I am sure you can get the KK to work just fine, because any plane will work if sharpened. And from some of your photo's of shavings you have mastered sharpening. I believe the KK series was made by Oh...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 841 01-07-2025, 09:14 AM
  0 Thread: Outfeed Table
Post: RE: Outfeed Table

I mainly build work benches now and I use a eight foot sled a lot. I am not a fan of roller stands but I do have a coupe that I built and put small hydraulic jacks in them to set the height. Easy to u...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 17 2,707 01-06-2025, 06:24 PM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

It looks like you have quite a few Miller Falls planes. I think the ones with the 2 piece lever caps are a step up from the Stanley Bailey planes. Step up but don't demand the price the Stanley's get....
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 841 01-06-2025, 06:01 PM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

Yes, I collect Keen Kutter K series planes. They are users. I have two sets I am collecting. Flat bottom and a set of corrugated. I need about 6 planes as of yet to complete my collection. But to be h...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 841 01-06-2025, 05:53 PM
  0 Thread: A tip and a tool
Post: RE: A tip and a tool

Does the mineral oil cause any problems with finish?  Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 15 1,588 01-06-2025, 05:37 PM
  0 Thread: Outfeed Table
Post: RE: Outfeed Table

I love the idea of a solid extension table. Never cared about rollers.  I put cabinmates with drawers in it under mine.  I am one of the fortunate ones that had a Permanente spot for my saw. I  do how...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 17 2,707 01-05-2025, 04:13 PM

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