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  0 Thread: Help me decide which mallet to make, please.
Post: RE: Help me decide which mallet to make, please.

I've made a few mallets out of lignum vitae, a simple round head mallet and a couple of turned carving mallets. After getting a chance to handle a couple of Blue Spruce mallets at the last Handworks s...
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 14 7,242 01-29-2020, 02:02 PM
  0 Thread: New Popular Woodworking Magazine
Post: RE: New Popular Woodworking Magazine

Derek Cohen Wrote: (11-16-2019, 07:49 PM) -- As I understand, Pop Wood mag was a thriving magazine in a company where everything else was failing. It was sinking as the parent company was drowning. I...
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 72 41,109 11-18-2019, 06:19 PM
  0 Thread: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Post: RE: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site

jerry s Wrote: (11-14-2019, 07:37 AM) -- 2 others that influenced me were Jim Kingshott and Garrett Hack , when i first started to use hand tools. -- I would add Mike Dunbar to that list
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 86 44,774 11-14-2019, 02:36 PM
  0 Thread: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Post: RE: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site

I've been enjoying reading the varied opinions expressed on this thread. As a fellow woodworking editor who started out around the same time as Chris, I've admired his ability to create such a strong ...
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 86 44,774 11-14-2019, 02:33 PM
  0 Thread: Delta Replacement Parts Rant
Post: RE: Delta Replacement Parts Rant

Aram Wrote: (08-25-2019, 10:22 AM) -- Ugh, good luck. I've posted my X5 Uni parts rant too many times. It's easier to get vintage (Delta, Delta/Rockwell) parts than Delta from, say, the mid 2000s. By...
Vince Woodworking Power Tools 50 23,969 09-13-2019, 01:36 PM
  0 Thread: 2 HP Unisaw?
Post: RE: 2 HP Unisaw?

My Unisaw is a couple years older than the one in that ad and it's a 2-hp saw. Some of the earlier Unisaws were even offered with 1-hp motors. I've never found the 2-hp motor to be an issue. I run...
Vince Woodworking Power Tools 7 4,653 09-11-2019, 03:10 PM
  0 Thread: Just to let everyone know Vince interviewed me
Post: RE: Just to let everyone know Vince interviewed me

Arlin Eastman Wrote: (07-23-2019, 11:25 AM) -- OK Vince thank you for the correction.  I will correct the other posts as well. -- Oh, I wasn't correcting you. I just wanted to make it easier for pe...
Vince Woodworking Power Tools 12 6,613 07-23-2019, 01:06 PM
  0 Thread: Woodsmith Experience
Post: RE: Woodsmith Experience

K. L McReynolds Wrote: (07-22-2019, 03:47 PM) -- It is definitely worth the trip! I've been three times. Carriage house doors at the Des Moines property--inside are many, many finished projects t...
Vince Woodworking 8 5,049 07-22-2019, 04:34 PM
  0 Thread: Woodsmith Experience
Post: RE: Woodsmith Experience

For years we have welcomed visitors to stop by for a tour of our magazine offices and the working shop where all the projects for the magazine are built. In the past, the video studio where the TV sho...
Vince Woodworking 8 5,049 07-22-2019, 03:22 PM
  0 Thread: Bad tool reviews
Post: RE: Bad tool reviews

elinourrumming Wrote: (07-13-2019, 07:16 AM) -- FWIW, In my time at a magazine, that was not entirely true. What is true is that we did not print bad tool reviews; we tried plenty of tools we wouldn'...
Vince Woodworking Power Tools 29 14,116 07-22-2019, 03:06 PM
  0 Thread: Just to let everyone know Vince interviewed me
Post: RE: Just to let everyone know Vince interviewed me

Just to clarify, this will be in the editor's column of the Oct/Nov issue. I had a great time visiting Arlin and seeing his shop. He and his wife are very gracious hosts.
Vince Woodworking Power Tools 12 6,613 07-22-2019, 02:47 PM
  0 Thread: Handworks 2020
Post: RE: Handworks 2020

I'm glad to see that it's back. Interesting that they moved it from May to September. Should be a nice time of year (for Iowa).
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 14 8,761 07-22-2019, 02:30 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley 750 chisel
Post: RE: Stanley 750 chisel

Timberwolf Wrote: (06-07-2019, 12:12 PM) -- ................. Good save, Vince...You gave the old guy a new life !!!!!! :winkgrin:  :D Nice video also, BTW!!  :cool: -- Thanks Jack!
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 5 4,513 06-08-2019, 07:15 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley 750 chisel
Post: RE: Stanley 750 chisel

Adam -- Thanks for the reply and I appreciate the tips and hearing from your experience. It's funny because a few of things you mentioned had actually crossed my mind as I was making the video. 1) ...
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 5 4,513 06-08-2019, 07:13 AM
  0 Thread: Woodworking in the woodworking forum
Post: RE: Woodworking in the woodworking forum

fredhargis Wrote: (06-06-2019, 04:27 PM) -- Vince, we don't say it enough (or at all)...but we do appreciate the work you and all the moderators (past and present) have done and still do to keep this...
Vince Woodworking 52 20,880 06-07-2019, 08:36 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley 750 chisel
Post: Stanley 750 chisel

I just finished a video on rehabbing a Stanley socket chisel. I know this is probably remedial-level stuff for most of the folks here, but thought I'd share anyways: https://youtu.be/OHBhar6xsu8
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 5 4,513 06-07-2019, 08:28 AM
  0 Thread: Making a Queen Bee Catcher
Post: RE: Making a Queen Bee Catcher

I enjoyed that, thanks for sharing. Your lathe --- an Atlas/Craftsman 6"?
Vince Woodworking 7 3,179 06-06-2019, 04:21 PM
  0 Thread: Woodworking in the woodworking forum
Post: RE: Woodworking in the woodworking forum

K. L McReynolds Wrote: (06-06-2019, 11:07 AM) -- Early in the life of WoodNet, there was no Off Topic forum(There also were no turning/finishing forums). Posting non serious material(with the heading...
Vince Woodworking 52 20,880 06-06-2019, 03:43 PM
  0 Thread: Marples chisels: trying again
Post: RE: Marples chisels: trying again

Bill_Houghton Wrote: (06-04-2019, 12:17 PM) -- Except you rarely die or contract a major diease from garage and estate sales... :D -- That's assuming you're up to date on your tetanus shots...
Vince Woodworking Hand Tools 25 13,657 06-04-2019, 02:35 PM
  0 Thread: FS: 2" chisel and Millers Falls push drill
Post: RE: FS: 2" chisel and Millers Falls push drill

Push drill is sold.
Vince Tool Swap N' Sell 2 1,738 05-20-2019, 07:32 PM

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