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  0 Thread: Bench Dog hole drilling jig?
Post: RE: Bench Dog hole drilling jig?
Jack01 Wrote: (04-22-2019, 08:36 PM) -- I am building a split top workbench. I just completed the bench top and ready to drill 3/4 inch holes. Looking for suggestions , also ideas on jig . Tha...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 14 9,498 04-23-2019, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielsen in Chicago - January 26-27
Post: RE: Lie Nielsen in Chicago - January 26-27
Rick Barton Wrote: (01-15-2018, 04:28 PM) -- Steve, nice planes! :) Do you find quartered beech hard to procure? -- Thanks Rick, yes, finding the right wood is a constant issue. I'll be detourin...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 39 20,158 01-15-2018, 07:24 PM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielsen in Chicago - January 26-27
Post: RE: Lie Nielsen in Chicago - January 26-27
Mike Brady Wrote: (01-09-2018, 01:56 PM) -- I'll go if you guys go...otherwise these events can be a bit redundant.  There is a good lunch place just down the street. :cool: -- I'll be there with...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 39 20,158 01-15-2018, 01:49 PM
  0 Thread: Why tapered plane blades?
Post: RE: Why tapered plane blades?
Aram Wrote: (10-17-2017, 04:57 PM) -- Hi Steve, Thank you for your post! that's why I love this forum. Yes, I did enjoy the article. Do you mind if I ask you about one thing? What advantage(s...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 8 7,402 10-17-2017, 07:40 PM
  0 Thread: Why tapered plane blades?
Post: RE: Why tapered plane blades?
Aram Wrote: (10-17-2017, 10:05 AM) -- I've had a bug to build a certain hand plane the traditional way (from solid billet). The latest issue of PWW has an excellent, detailed article on how to build ...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 8 7,402 10-17-2017, 04:32 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley 60 vs 360 miter boxes
Post: Stanley 60 vs 360 miter boxes
Hi all, Does anyone know if there is much difference between the 60 and 360 miter boxes? I have the 60 and am wondering if it's worth $50 to upgrade. The castings that hold/guide the saw look beefi...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 2 2,621 08-07-2017, 11:41 AM
  0 Thread: Post pics of your homemade tools
Post: RE: Post pics of your homemade tools
Just bumping this old and valuable thread. By the way, do threads no longer expire after a year? This one hasn't been update in longer than that…
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 133 128,548 07-08-2017, 01:27 PM
  0 Thread: Toothed blades
Post: RE: Toothed blades
Tony Z Wrote: (06-20-2017, 01:10 PM) -- Thanks one and all.  Consensus is the bevel, which ran contrary to advice I was given, which confused me and lead to my original post!  The article Admiral pos...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 12 9,551 06-25-2017, 08:09 PM
  0 Thread: Handworks 2017 in Iowa
Post: RE: Handworks 2017 in Iowa
Handplanesandmore Wrote: (05-25-2017, 05:18 PM) -- It is nothing but just a consumerism event billed romantically as something else. Wait patiently? So will I. Simon -- Here's a bit of perspect...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 59 43,757 05-28-2017, 05:14 PM
  0 Thread: E.C.E Primus smoother problem
Post: RE: E.C.E Primus smoother problem
I agree with Warren, with a couple caveats. First, the chipbreaker should actually be sharp. If it's noticeably blunt, that will increase the resistance you're feeling, even if the chipbreaker is not...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 7 4,860 12-02-2016, 01:11 PM
  0 Thread: E.C.E Primus smoother problem
Post: RE: E.C.E Primus smoother problem
Hi Overland, One thing that can cause a problem is when the wear angle is not vertical enough. However, I looked online at the diagram of this plane (https://www.fine-tools.com/G301047.html), and t...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 7 4,860 12-01-2016, 02:24 PM
  0 Thread: So, Before I Run Out and Invest in an Overstuffed Smoother...
Post: RE: So, Before I Run Out and Invest in an Overstuf...
wmickley Wrote: (11-16-2016, 06:26 PM) -- Even on this page some feel the need to reduce the practice to some cookbook instructions, negating the art. A cap iron that is too close can give a surface ...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 57 39,565 11-19-2016, 08:30 AM
  0 Thread: So, Before I Run Out and Invest in an Overstuffed Smoother...
Post: RE: So, Before I Run Out and Invest in an Overstuf...
Phil and Bill, you're right. It's easy once you're on the other the side of the learning curve, but not so much before you get there.
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 57 39,565 11-14-2016, 05:01 PM
  0 Thread: So, Before I Run Out and Invest in an Overstuffed Smoother...
Post: RE: So, Before I Run Out and Invest in an Overstuf...
KlausK. Wrote: (11-08-2016, 07:33 AM) -- As far as I got Kato's results right, he is telling that a 50° bevelled cap iron works good with a shallow set of 0.1 mm from the edge. Since he did these att...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 57 39,565 11-13-2016, 04:42 PM
  0 Thread: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood planing video
Post: RE: Might be preaching to the choir, but this wood...
The video, which has been on Wilbur's site since 2012, was not created for the purpose of using hand planes. It was created to further research into industrial super-surfacers (basically giant planing...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,876 10-19-2016, 10:16 AM
  0 Thread: Sector
Post: RE: Sector
Rob Young Wrote: (09-12-2016, 01:27 PM) -- Funny enough, I was reminded of this guy burn-heart.com who is the cat that is making cubic rulers and other obsolete unit of measurement stuff.  He might h...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 13 15,490 09-12-2016, 03:39 PM
  0 Thread: I have a ton of QS beech for plane blanks
Post: RE: I have a ton of QS beech for plane blanks
All the bench plane stock I have ever bought is 16/4, that is the standard. It needs to be quartersawn as closely as possible. 12/4 won't allow you any slack at all for clean up or surface checking, a...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 6 4,996 09-07-2016, 04:55 PM
  0 Thread: Handworks 2017
Post: RE: Handworks 2017
Ron, I'm really looking forward to meeting you and many others. I'll be exhibiting in the millwright's shop, along with Bad Axe, Walke-Moore, and others, but hopefully I'll be able to get away from th...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 18 11,706 09-02-2016, 01:35 PM
  0 Thread: Flummoxed by the French plane
Post: Re: Flummoxed by the French plane
Hi Jim, the chipbreaker is removable. There is a very small pointy part at the top of the blade slot that fits into a little hole at the top of the chipbreaker. Push up on the chipbreaker; this will a...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 5 6,581 07-12-2016, 11:12 PM
  0 Thread: Inspired a high angle spoke shave - some pics
Post: Re: Inspired a high angle spoke shave - some pics
Deeno, looks like we both had to try it both ways. /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowsmile.gif I started with threaded inserts, blew up my first version, and had to start over.[br]...
 SteveVoigt Woodworking Hand Tools 2 3,961 09-01-2015, 11:57 AM

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