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Thread: Bench Project
Post: RE: Bench Project
I like. Need's a stone garden to contemplate :)
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 ca... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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04-30-2024, 12:03 AM |
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Thread: Greenlee slick handle length?
Post: RE: Greenlee slick handle length?
Joe Bailey Wrote: (04-26-2024, 11:49 PM)
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From a 1941 Greenlee catalog:
https://i.imgur.com/GT31odf.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/GT31odf.jpg)
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"Standard package, 1/6 dozen in a box."
Would that... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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04-27-2024, 03:34 PM |
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Thread: Edge planing technique issue
Post: RE: Edge planing technique issue
Good show. Using Bandit's sound advice, having your front hand in a loose fist, the front of the plane nipped between thumb on top and curled fingers below as the fence, there are two ways you can tru... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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04-19-2024, 04:25 AM |
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Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...
Just so Cliff. I also wouldn't use TB on a stressed joint where creep could be an issue (instruments travel and regularly get subjected to less than ideal heat and humidity - it's just their lot in li... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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03-31-2024, 12:43 PM |
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Thread: 20" Rip saw wanted
Post: RE: 20" Rip saw wanted
Since you're looking for a proper saw, you will have to learn to sharpen one sooner rather than later, so look for a cheap cross cut saw on your favourite junk site or in local junk shops or garage sa... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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01-30-2024, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: Should I buy this?
Post: RE: Should I buy this?
Plus a 2101. The ultimate cordless drill with a chuck that'll handle any bit style, with an unequalled ratchet and a motor that runs on tea and biscuits (coffee and cookies that side of the pond.) FFS... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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01-06-2024, 11:35 AM |
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Thread: Waterstone grit Norton vs Shapton ceramic
Post: RE: Waterstone grit Norton vs Shapton ceramic
I just use arkansas stones these days - I appreciate the low upkeep of a lilywhite and keeness of edge from a surgical black (good enough to pare hairs lengthwise, so much finer than working sharp for... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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12-30-2023, 12:42 PM |
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Thread: Veritas version of the Record 043
Post: RE: Veritas version of the Record 043
I don't have any Veritas ploughs, just (in order from delicate to beefy) a Record 043, Record 044 and Stanley 43 (Millers patent.)
If you still have ox powered arms, the stanley 43 will power through... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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10-18-2023, 11:42 PM |
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Thread: Have You Ever Rounded Over an Edge Stropping?
Post: RE: Have You Ever Rounded Over an Edge Stropping?
I just use talc for stropping, more lubricant than abrasive, and little needed with light enough finishing strokes on a surgical black which maintained with nothing coarser than a lily white itself bu... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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10-17-2023, 07:47 PM |
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Thread: Using a dovetail saw
Post: RE: Using a dovetail saw
Nordic Wrote: (10-15-2023, 09:58 PM)
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Glen-Drake had such an animal
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Ahah! Well remembered - afraid that was before flu scrambled my brain - no wonder I couldn't find an image. |
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Steve Hamlin |
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10-16-2023, 04:15 PM |
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Thread: Using a dovetail saw
Post: RE: Using a dovetail saw
Many, many moons ago, David Jeske (I think... nope... Glen-Drake.... vide infra) introduced a two-handled western dovetail saw... a most peculiar beast, held like a black hat with two pistols in a bad... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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10-15-2023, 05:39 PM |
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Thread: Logo to use
Post: RE: Logo to use
RickW Wrote: (10-17-2018, 12:58 PM)
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Anyway, how about having your name engraved on the handle? You certainly own it!
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Try telling that to any trader called Harrod - just because it's your name ... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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10-17-2018, 04:22 PM |
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Thread: Curious about plane storage angle....
Post: RE: Curious about plane storage angle....
Admiral Wrote: (09-21-2018, 01:30 PM)
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That is another option. A loop to secure the knobs works well
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A princely solution. Prince Albert, that is. |
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Steve Hamlin |
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09-21-2018, 01:49 PM |
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Thread: [Grandstaff] Flexy Scraper and the Saw Vise
Post: RE: [Grandstaff] Flexy Scraper and the Saw Vise
Jim Waldron Wrote: (09-03-2018, 04:10 PM)
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Well, You're right, Steve. I went and measured mine and got 0.09" (probably 3/32" if more precise measurement were available). Never thought of it as an... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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09-03-2018, 08:09 PM |
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Thread: [Grandstaff] Flexy Scraper and the Saw Vise
Post: RE: [Grandstaff] Flexy Scraper and the Saw Vise
Jim Waldron Wrote: (09-02-2018, 01:10 PM)
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I'm not sure you'll be happy with a blade from a saw for a Stanley 80; the normal blade is rather thick, on the order of 1/8 inch or perhaps more. The ed... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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09-02-2018, 07:05 PM |
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Thread: Honing techniques?
Post: RE: Honing techniques?
Which nicely highlights why the ultimate sharp is unimportant: what matters is working sharp, which varies by tool and substrate.
To prepare a mortise chisel to the same level as a finishing tool, w... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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07-19-2017, 05:38 PM |
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Thread: Floating top?
Post: RE: Floating top?
Use a long compass.
http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-long-compass |
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Steve Hamlin |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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07-10-2017, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Rasps for Guitar Making
Post: Re: Rasps for Guitar Making
Wouldn't bother with machine cut rasps - they're a very blunt instrument and really only related to hand stitched rasps by name not action (the former abrade the surface, the latter cut it.)[br][br]So... |
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Steve Hamlin |
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03-19-2016, 03:23 AM |
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Thread: Ibuprofen and Sharpening A Rant
Post: Re: Ibuprofen and Sharpening A Rant
We are talking about massive doses here - a report linked to the one cited suggests "[acute] Symptoms are unlikely after ingestion of 100 mg/kg or less, and are usually not life-threatening unless mo... |
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Steve Hamlin |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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03-14-2016, 10:55 PM |