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It began late last night...router was set up...and a slider added to the fence.. 4 passes per rail..times 9 rails... These were sized to match this dovetail bit.. As this one is going into a ...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-14-2024, 08:03 PM
  0 Thread: Millers Falls
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Been there, tried that..doesn't work...spacings are just enough "off"..and the threads each used were very different from each other...Seat for the frog is also different...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 10 534 05-14-2024, 07:39 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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needed to trim some parts, TODAY.. So..leaving things ganged up, I trimmed this end first. .moved a clamp around.. And trimmed the other end...final length? was to be 23-7/8".....turned out t...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-13-2024, 08:12 PM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Clamped these 2 together.. And clamped them both to the side of the bench, trapping my Stanley No.8c behind them...had to settle for a smaller Jointer.. A Stanley No. 7c, Type 10...goal was to j...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-13-2024, 11:39 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Part of the fun of being on Laundry Detail...is the Laundry "Room" is co-located with the Dungeon Woodshop...so that when I haul a load to get washed...I tend to "linger" in the shop..so.. Moved this...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-13-2024, 09:21 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Ok, the reason behind all this ripping...is to avoid something like this.. Where I need to use thick runners With kickers....and then glue the "face frame" parts to the Web Frame fronts, without...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-12-2024, 11:32 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Ok..start with these 2 planks.. Cross cut to 24" roughly.. Got these 4, plus 2 of these.. Fire wood? Needed find a straight edge to run along the fence.. As I needed 9 dividers at 1-3/8...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-12-2024, 10:18 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Single Brain Cell Sketch Up:   Will lay a runner made of Ash down...instead of standing up...On each end will be a 3/8" dovetail  "tail"...which will go into a socket in the Stile. A pine 1 x 2,wil...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-11-2024, 06:55 PM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Glued up...outside face.. And, the inside face of Side #2.. Letting this sit a day... Stay tuned..
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-11-2024, 03:57 PM
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Shop Start time: 1300 hrs Shop Quitting Time: 1520Hrs.. Film At 2300 hrs..once I get cooled off, and the usual 20, 000 photos edited... Side #2 is IN the clamps...waiting on glue to dry..and me t...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-11-2024, 02:26 PM
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Lumber Run to Lowes..took about an hour round trip...counting loading and unloading.. $108.86 for.. That had to be loaded up into..   The back of my Chevy Equinox...had to fold down the other se...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-11-2024, 09:37 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Hmmm, have always said.."I run  a Woodworking Shop, NOT a Photo Studio" The Camera?  is my hand held Phone's Camera.....since my "normal" camera was DOA a few months ago...and have not found anythi...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-11-2024, 07:29 AM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Ok, the glued up Side #1 is now out of the clamps, and has been set aside, out of the way..for now.. The Stiles for Side #2 now have their foot profiles cut.. Good thing the defects are on the "...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-10-2024, 09:06 PM
  0 Thread: Millers Falls
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Had to look twice, one day...saw a Jack plane for sale that was a bit bigger than normal ones...only thing was..someone had spray painted all the metal paint a PURPLE colour...yuck!  I think I paid so...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 10 534 05-10-2024, 06:00 PM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Plan right now is to go and pick her up on the 15th of May, then she can start Home Health Care.... Raised panels this morning,, The Before...all 8 were worked on..until (Same panel) Saw mark...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-09-2024, 06:57 PM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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Against my better judgement...decided to chop Stile #3's mortises...all nine of them...also figured out why the ends were looking longer than the middle rails...one mortise on #4 stile wasn't quite de...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-08-2024, 08:22 PM
  0 Thread: Millers Falls
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Have never had any "Chatter" from any of the Millers Falls planes with the 2 pc lever cap....however..the V-Line planes were a bit chattery...but, they had the Stanley style caps.. Now..how about o...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 10 534 05-08-2024, 03:27 PM
  0 Thread: Millers Falls
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Type 1s are the Collectable ones..then there was a Type 2(Pre-WW2) a Type 3 (During and just after WW2) then they brought back the Type2...then about 1947 or so..they brought out the Type 4.. Which...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 10 534 05-08-2024, 11:20 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley #80
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In use, today... leveling out and smoothing down any high spots and ridges...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 10 576 05-07-2024, 03:17 PM
  0 Thread: A Project for May?
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The reason I used the Tablesaw?   had 14 raised panels to do....and no way to hold them securely while I used a plane to make 56 beveled edges..and all the rebates.. Was better to use the Tablesaw th...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 40 1,245 05-07-2024, 03:14 PM

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