01-05-2017, 09:42 AM
This is a continuation from an earlier post about making a dove tail chisel and where it all started but has nothing to do with the actual chisel so I started a new post. I passed a tip on using a knife steel to roll a burr on a card scraper and Admiral informed me that not all steels were created equal. That information will not do me any good because I have one, but to others reading to post it is an important piece of information. So here it goes, the passing on of information.
My dad worked in a meat packing plant for about 15 years. I think he quit about 1940. Anyway his steel was always smooth. It was one of the things I kept when he passed away, so I guess I never really looked closely at other steels, just saw them. Thanks for letting others know that the grooved ones don't work. But we have also given rust hunters enough information and something else to consider when going to a flea market, garage sale Etc.
I understand the real value oh what is handed down. My grandfather was a retired carpenter. Anyway he would come and visit us and stay the summer. My mother always had a project for him to during that time. Anyway my dad had a rip saw that he never used but I did all the time. I remember using my knee to clamp the wood out on the stoop and a lot of the time the teeth made contact with the cement. I could write a lot about this but will spare you. Anyway the first thing he did when he got here was sharpen the saw, so I got a freshly sharpened saw once a year. The saw is still sharp and it hangs on my shop wall right next to the clock so I look at it quite often.
I started really woodworking in 1973 and have built most of the furniture in out house and 3 kitchens and so on. My point is I find it amassing that just having some nails, a hammer, and a sharp saw available to me as a kid of 8- to what ever effected me through my life. I gave my grandson a miter saw , with a sharp saw, for his 11th birthday along with a good sized pile of white pine. I showed him how to use it and then left him alone. I did tell him that I had more wood. Latter I found out that he and all the kids in the neighborhood, boys and girls alike spent the next 6 hours sawing wood. Except for Zak, the rest knew all about cell phones but had never sawed a piece of wood or pounded a nail. I got a call latter that night, they, not just him, were out of wood and needed more.
The interesting thing is my grandfather never gave me any instructions, just a sharp saw and a goodly supply of left over nails of all sizes. I like to think he went out of his way to get them for me. I showed my grandson how to use the miter saw, supplied the wood and left him all to himself.
One person took the time to say that although he has better hammers his preferred hammer was his father's. That's important and thanks for sharing.
I know this can be considered off topic but if you would like, please feel free to share your stories. And remember the most important thing is to impact other peoples lives. The young are easier.
Tom
My dad worked in a meat packing plant for about 15 years. I think he quit about 1940. Anyway his steel was always smooth. It was one of the things I kept when he passed away, so I guess I never really looked closely at other steels, just saw them. Thanks for letting others know that the grooved ones don't work. But we have also given rust hunters enough information and something else to consider when going to a flea market, garage sale Etc.
I understand the real value oh what is handed down. My grandfather was a retired carpenter. Anyway he would come and visit us and stay the summer. My mother always had a project for him to during that time. Anyway my dad had a rip saw that he never used but I did all the time. I remember using my knee to clamp the wood out on the stoop and a lot of the time the teeth made contact with the cement. I could write a lot about this but will spare you. Anyway the first thing he did when he got here was sharpen the saw, so I got a freshly sharpened saw once a year. The saw is still sharp and it hangs on my shop wall right next to the clock so I look at it quite often.
I started really woodworking in 1973 and have built most of the furniture in out house and 3 kitchens and so on. My point is I find it amassing that just having some nails, a hammer, and a sharp saw available to me as a kid of 8- to what ever effected me through my life. I gave my grandson a miter saw , with a sharp saw, for his 11th birthday along with a good sized pile of white pine. I showed him how to use it and then left him alone. I did tell him that I had more wood. Latter I found out that he and all the kids in the neighborhood, boys and girls alike spent the next 6 hours sawing wood. Except for Zak, the rest knew all about cell phones but had never sawed a piece of wood or pounded a nail. I got a call latter that night, they, not just him, were out of wood and needed more.
The interesting thing is my grandfather never gave me any instructions, just a sharp saw and a goodly supply of left over nails of all sizes. I like to think he went out of his way to get them for me. I showed my grandson how to use the miter saw, supplied the wood and left him all to himself.
One person took the time to say that although he has better hammers his preferred hammer was his father's. That's important and thanks for sharing.
I know this can be considered off topic but if you would like, please feel free to share your stories. And remember the most important thing is to impact other peoples lives. The young are easier.
Tom
