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  0 Thread: Stanley #8 Blades & Tote Question
Post: RE: Stanley #8 Blades & Tote Question
Is a No. 8 tote different from a No. 6 or 7? I have made totes, but they are not "easy" to make and require a long bit for the bore, and a rounded rasp for shaping. Personally I would recommend jus...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 10 692 04-07-2024, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...
Cast iron planes vary a great deal in flatness: a given.  In the old days, fresh cast iron castings reportedly were stored for a period of time outdoors at the Stanley Toolworks so that the castings c...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 52 2,164 03-25-2024, 04:14 PM
  0 Thread: Small Boxes
Post: RE: Small Boxes
Excellent work and those tools deserve that resting place.  Reminds me of my own and I would be proud to have yours in my shop along side them.
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 5 496 03-22-2024, 09:20 AM
  0 Thread: Daryl Weir saws
Post: RE: Daryl Weir saws
Daryl: Thanks for stopping by and giving the update.  What you taught me has served very well.  I take care of anything in my till up to about 18 tpi, thanks to your great instruction and lots of p...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 8 835 03-20-2024, 01:42 PM
  0 Thread: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Post: RE: Cute router plane from Aliexpress
Aldi chisels redux?
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 24 1,955 03-10-2024, 09:40 AM
  0 Thread: Has anyone here done curved boxes?
Post: RE: Has anyone here done curved boxes?
Since there are no corners there are no dovetails.  If you have a bandsaw, they are fun to make, and my girls loved them.  Just Google: bandsaw boxes.
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 6 475 02-29-2024, 10:34 AM
  0 Thread: Daryl Weir saws
Post: RE: Daryl Weir saws
AHill Wrote: (02-29-2024, 09:10 AM) -- He sell parts and offers sharpening services, but he's no longer making saws according to his website.  I recommend contacting him directly, since he stopped ta...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 8 835 02-29-2024, 09:43 AM
  0 Thread: Daryl Weir saws
Post: Daryl Weir saws
Is Daryl Weir still in the saw business?  Do you have contact info for him?
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 8 835 02-29-2024, 08:35 AM
  0 Thread: Cutting tenons quickly and safely
Post: RE: Cutting tenons quickly and safely
barryvabeach Wrote: (02-13-2024, 08:08 PM) -- Mike,  if you have a mortising machine, use that for the mortise,  I don't so I use a chisel.  If  the tenons will all be the same width, it will take ab...
 Mike Brady Woodworking 16 1,221 02-14-2024, 05:08 PM
  0 Thread: Has anyone here done curved boxes?
Post: RE: Has anyone here done curved boxes?
Bandsaw boxes are very curvy.  I made three for gifts this year....I know....wrong forum!
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 6 475 02-13-2024, 02:37 PM
  0 Thread: Cutting tenons quickly and safely
Post: Cutting tenons quickly and safely
I recently have been making a dressing bench for use at the foot of a bed  There are 12 mortise and tenon joints needed.  I don't use much machinery in my woodworking, but I do have a table saw and a ...
 Mike Brady Woodworking 16 1,221 02-13-2024, 02:02 PM
  0 Thread: My Dutch Tool Chest
Post: RE: My Dutch Tool Chest
Great job, Brian.  Your photos bring back memories from about 10+ years ago... Even the color you chose.  This chest has been invaluable.  I put a furniture dolly beneath it for ease of movement aroun...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 9 1,068 02-12-2024, 04:07 PM
  0 Thread: One of those Anarchist's Bar Stools
Post: RE: One of those Anarchist's Bar Stools
C. in Indy Wrote: (02-12-2024, 12:53 PM) -- Thank you all! Here's a couple of extra pictures in the kitchen.  The missus is actually starting to like the foot rung(s) after all. Some months ago...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 7 620 02-12-2024, 02:51 PM
  0 Thread: The Depths to which Pop Woodworking has Sunk
Post: RE: The Depths to which Pop Woodworking has Sunk
Next month is their extensive test of vintage Aldi chisels....
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 34 3,231 02-12-2024, 02:46 PM
  0 Thread: Blue Spruce Toolworks
Post: Blue Spruce Toolworks
Is Dave Jeske still part of Blue Spruce in their affiliation with Woodpeckers?
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 1 475 01-20-2024, 10:38 AM
  0 Thread: Should I buy this?
Post: RE: Should I buy this?
Stwood_ Wrote: (01-16-2024, 03:51 PM) -- Well, look who tripped and fell back in here! https://forums.woodnet.net/images/graemlins/yellowbiggrin.gif You still doing saw parts and such? -- Just look...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 19 1,914 01-17-2024, 09:30 AM
  0 Thread: Should I buy this?
Post: RE: Should I buy this?
I have the cast iron No. 9 from LN.  It has cocobolo handles, the hot dog, and TLN's engraved signature.  Works very well on my shooting board.  The mass of the plane really helps.
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 19 1,914 01-08-2024, 07:46 AM
  0 Thread: My Anarchist Workbench
Post: RE: My Anarchist Workbench
barryvabeach Wrote: (10-23-2023, 07:16 PM) -- Bryan, nice work.  Are you going to use holdfasts?  I thought about an even distribution of holes, then decided to just drill them one at a time where th...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 24 3,307 12-13-2023, 10:20 AM
  0 Thread: The Legs were Always There
Post: RE: The Legs were Always There
C. in Indy Wrote: (10-09-2023, 04:57 PM) -- Thank you,     It's wiped-on Tru Oil.    I am hoping that the fir/spruce/pine top ages a bit darker soon.   The red oak sides are from my special stash wh...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 5 906 10-10-2023, 01:55 PM
  0 Thread: Improvement to Auxiliary Dovetailing Bench
Post: RE: Improvement to Auxiliary Dovetailing Bench
Philip1231 Wrote: (08-17-2023, 04:46 PM) -- Had to look up David Barron's alignment board: same concept, different implementation. I will say he has quite a website. -- His jigs eliminate the need ...
 Mike Brady Woodworking Hand Tools 12 1,705 08-18-2023, 02:57 PM

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