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  0 Thread: Affording good sharpening stones
Post: RE: Affording good sharpening stones
Some highly regarded folks have found the Spyderco ceramics to be fine performers. And they can be had at pretty good prices, too. i use diamond for coarse work (when needed), followed by a medium...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 101 49,055 01-07-2020, 11:08 AM
  0 Thread: Let's talk epoxies....
Post: RE: Let's talk epoxies....
mike4244 Wrote: (12-06-2019, 06:32 PM) -- Dap urea formalahyde glue has a long open time -- Urea formaldehyde glue is not gap filling and requires very good tight fitting joints.
 Jim Waldron Woodworking 16 6,765 12-14-2019, 11:44 AM
  0 Thread: Butcher block oil wax treatment removal?
Post: RE: Butcher block oil wax treatment removal?
stoppy Wrote: (12-12-2019, 09:11 PM) -- For the moment leaving it as it is.  Will see if it lightens with use. If it doesn’t I’ll address the issue then. Right now she loves it the way it is. -- Goo...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking 9 3,704 12-14-2019, 11:23 AM
  0 Thread: Good place to buy West System Epoxy
Post: RE: Good place to buy West System Epoxy
Wild Turkey Wrote: (12-14-2019, 06:26 AM) -- Anybody have a good dealer/source for West System epoxy for woodworkers?   Most places I've found on-line or in my area are marine stores and carry the...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking 8 4,410 12-14-2019, 11:10 AM
  0 Thread: Forget Nibs, the Real underbelly Mystery of old Saws is...
Post: RE: Forget Nibs, the Real underbelly Mystery of ol...
Philip1231 Wrote: (11-22-2019, 05:21 PM) -- When it comes to nibs, its intuitively obvious.  The location of every nib I've ever seen would strongly suggest that it was intended to be an indicator ...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 15 7,640 11-23-2019, 10:24 AM
  0 Thread: Lee Valley Online.
Post: RE: Lee Valley Online.
On any web site, search functions are problematic and probably should not be a user's first choice to find what is wanted.  Some are worse than others, but they all have their shortcomings because the...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 40 19,319 11-07-2019, 12:33 PM
  0 Thread: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Post: RE: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
That's all well and good, and he can do what he wants.   My point is that there are too many political anarchists dominating portions of the media these days giving anarchy a bad name, a la "lawles...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 86 44,704 11-07-2019, 11:46 AM
  0 Thread: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Post: RE: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Handplanesandmore Wrote: (10-31-2019, 12:47 PM) -- Jim, You fit into the typical fan club profile, seeing things only the club leader wants you to see. :laugh: Where did I ever mention about forc...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 86 44,704 11-05-2019, 12:37 PM
  0 Thread: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Post: RE: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Handplanesandmore Wrote: (10-30-2019, 12:48 PM) -- Of course, not the same. There's no following in existence in the break room, is there? One is an active mode of marketing, one passive. It's day an...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 86 44,704 10-31-2019, 12:37 PM
  0 Thread: How to De-Wally a Dovetail Saw
Post: RE: How to De-Wally a Dovetail Saw
Derek Cohen Wrote: (10-02-2019, 12:27 AM) -- Phillip, I am not sure if you are aware, but there was a limited edition of the Medallion Toolworks Dovetail Saw referred to as the "Wally edition". This ...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 11 6,293 10-02-2019, 09:10 PM
  0 Thread: Do you use a file in your dovetail work?
Post: RE: Do you use a file in your dovetail work?
If dovetails need trimming, a paring chisel is your friend.
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 25 9,960 09-03-2019, 12:44 PM
  0 Thread: Hide Glue - Working Out for You?
Post: RE: Hide Glue - Working Out for You?
wmickley Wrote: (08-14-2019, 01:53 PM) -- I was taught to use hide glue in 1966. It sounds like you are in over your head. -- Thanks for the catch. I've been up to my eyeballs in shellac literature...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 28 13,692 08-17-2019, 03:17 PM
  0 Thread: Hide Glue - Working Out for You?
Post: RE: Hide Glue - Working Out for You?
adamcherubini Wrote: (08-12-2019, 04:48 PM) -- I may have my science wrong, but I think gram strength is proportionate to molecular weight of hide glue. Higher the gram weight, the higher the strengt...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 28 13,692 08-13-2019, 12:13 PM
  0 Thread: Gent's Saw with a Twist
Post: RE: Gent's Saw with a Twist
adamcherubini Wrote: (08-08-2019, 10:05 AM) -- [snip] The name comes from the intended customer - gentlemen craftsmen, i.e. its not a pro's tool. The handle is a cheaper alternative to a pistol grip...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 28 13,728 08-08-2019, 12:30 PM
  0 Thread: Gent's Saw with a Twist
Post: RE: Gent's Saw with a Twist
Derek Cohen Wrote: (08-07-2019, 10:10 AM) -- That design makes no sense.  I like the squared sides of the handle. They would be grippier than round sides, which can twist in the hand. However t...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 28 13,728 08-07-2019, 10:41 AM
  0 Thread: Layout tools
Post: RE: Layout tools
I would encourage you to consider a couple of things before you pull out your check book/credit card/gold Soverigns/bit coins: It would be a good thing to learn how to test and (as necessary) correct...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 26 12,298 07-03-2019, 09:23 AM
  0 Thread: Patent date?
Post: RE: Patent date?
bandit571 Wrote: (05-25-2019, 11:39 AM) -- Ok..picked up a 2-part epoxy, yesterday.....along with a jug of Murphy's Oil Soap.    need to read the instructions on the epoxy, and figure out the applica...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 46 21,250 05-25-2019, 02:35 PM
  0 Thread: Patent date?
Post: RE: Patent date?
The nuts are surely slotted. It's the bolt that gets slotted too in the Washburn patents, and that we can't see from the first picture. From the new photos, it appears that the bolts are not slotted...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 46 21,250 05-21-2019, 06:23 PM
  0 Thread: Patent date?
Post: RE: Patent date?
It may be one of two Washburn patents.  Or neither. We are looking at the wrong side of the handle to tell from the OP photos.  We are looking at split nuts which does not inform us whether the hea...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 46 21,250 05-21-2019, 02:51 PM
  0 Thread: Has Sellers Gone Off the Deep End?
Post: RE: Has Sellers Gone Off the Deep End?
Between his pay site projects, his book on tools, and his YouTube inventory on procedures and such, Sellers has difficulty avoiding repeating himself, as i see it.  So he reaches farther afield to com...
 Jim Waldron Woodworking Hand Tools 38 20,276 05-03-2019, 01:29 PM

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