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  0 Thread: Back in the game
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BloomingtonMike Wrote: (11-04-2018, 04:51 PM) -- Welcome back to woodnet. -- Cheers, Mike. Hope you're well!
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 12 5,828 11-09-2018, 06:51 PM
  0 Thread: Back in the game
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Timberwolf Wrote: (11-04-2018, 03:52 PM) -- Hi back atcha Pete...Great to see you posting again...Keep it up !!! :D -- Thanks, Jack... good to be back. Not much to say at the moment with the big cl...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 12 5,828 11-09-2018, 06:49 PM
  0 Thread: Back in the game
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mvflaim Wrote: (11-01-2018, 05:35 PM) -- Welcome back, you haven't missed much except Popular Woodworking went downhill and Fine Woodworking wants an arm and a leg for their online content. haha :lau...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 12 5,828 11-01-2018, 09:17 PM
  0 Thread: Back in the game
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Cheers, fellas. It'll take me a while to get to the project work... there'll be a major cleanup first, followed by a significant round of tool sharpening, I reckon. :yes:
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 12 5,828 10-31-2018, 05:26 PM
  0 Thread: Back in the game
Post: Back in the game
Greetings all! Surprised and somewhat astonished to realise it's about 20 months since I last posted here. I'm not quite sure what happened but one day I locked up the shop and didn't go back. No r...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 12 5,828 10-29-2018, 08:06 PM
  0 Thread: Some workbench questions
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omark Wrote: (01-10-2017, 11:38 AM) -- For laminated MDF I understand one need to do it dead flat from the start, using some reference surface and right clamping -- otherwise how to correct it later?...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 70 55,548 01-10-2017, 01:50 PM
  Photo Thread: Some workbench questions
Post: RE: Some workbench questions
About 15-18 months ago I built this bench (under the window). The base is built up of pine 2x4s for the legs, and 1x6s for the lower stretchers. The top is four layers of 3/4-inch MDF laminated to giv...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 70 55,548 01-10-2017, 08:35 AM
  0 Thread: Custom Stanley chisel handles - Padauk and Cocobolo
Post: RE: Custom Stanley chisel handles - Padauk and Coc...
Beautiful work, Greg. Gregory of Sherwood Forest Wrote: (12-08-2016, 10:50 PM) -- He doesn't actually think any of them will ever get used. -- And that just about broke my heart!
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 13 10,187 12-11-2016, 11:51 AM
  0 Thread: Soak tanks for plane and tool cleanup
Post: RE: Soak tanks for plane and tool cleanup
Not my idea - I saw it posted some time ago - but for bigger items you can use any suitable cardboard box lined with a heavy-duty plastic garbage sack and as much duct tape as you feel appropriate for...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 12 8,078 12-11-2016, 11:48 AM
  0 Thread: Finish help for Mahogany tool chest
Post: RE: Finish help for Mahogany tool chest
hbmcc Wrote: (09-26-2016, 06:27 PM) -- I love shellac, but don't bother with the various colors--they are too subtle for tint -- Respectfully disagree. There's a huge range of tone between blond an...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 10 7,696 09-27-2016, 03:42 PM
  0 Thread: Make your own drawknife
Post: Re: Make your own drawknife
[blockquote]Arlin Eastman said:[hr][br][br]I can not wait to see it when I have more net gig from my provider.[br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]Hi Arlin, the video is fun but the author also has a webs...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 5 7,695 06-11-2016, 06:02 AM
  0 Thread: Make your own drawknife
Post: Re: Make your own drawknife
[blockquote]Zalsa said:[hr][br][br]Haven't yet figured out how to embed the blade and keep it in place. [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]I thought the solution in the video was quite ingenious - and e...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 5 7,695 06-09-2016, 05:37 PM
  0 Thread: Make your own drawknife
Post: Make your own drawknife
This was posted over at the Woodenboat forum, but I thought it would find an appreciative audience here /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowsmile.gif[br][br]I haven't done much metal...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 5 7,695 06-08-2016, 08:02 AM
  0 Thread: Are these planes worth this much?
Post: Re: Are these planes worth this much?
[blockquote]Carl Grover said:[hr][br] [br]I'm wondering if they're worth that much money. [br]Carl [br][br][hr][/blockquote] [br] [br]Not to me! [br] [br]There's a guy on ebay UK who, it seems, set o...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 7 4,414 05-23-2016, 05:57 PM
  0 Thread: Great video
Post: Re: Great video
Thanks, Martin. Had to watch it all over again... an all-time favourite.
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 8 6,793 04-14-2016, 05:02 AM
  0 Thread: Gustav Stickley birdhouse (and much more)
Post: Gustav Stickley birdhouse (and much more)
This morning, reading through my Feedly woodworking feed with my coffee, I came across a new (to me) blog The Daily Skep (https://thedailyskep.wordpress.com/) - recommended.[br][br]But browsing back ...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 4 3,018 03-22-2016, 05:18 AM
  0 Thread: Rasps for Guitar Making
Post: Re: Rasps for Guitar Making
[blockquote]Pedder said:[hr][br][br]Iwasaki Files for stock removing. They're fast and clean. [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]I'll throw in another recommendation for the Iwasaki files. As Pedder sa...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 7 6,258 03-20-2016, 06:21 PM
  0 Thread: Where is Blacky's Boy??
Post: Re: Where is Blacky's Boy??
He last posted a week ago, but only half-a-dozen times in the whole of January - well down on his usual contribution. Busy start to the new year, maybe?
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 21 11,021 02-07-2016, 08:54 AM
  0 Thread: Knitting swift plans
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Not being familiar with the knitting swift I had to Google it - and then realised I'd seen one before. I'm pretty sure Roy Underhill describes one in the Woodwright's Workbook (my woodworking library ...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 5 8,191 12-31-2015, 01:48 PM
  0 Thread: What's next
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[blockquote]Girk said:[hr][br][br]As an alternative to rasps, I've been looking at some Iwasaki files, which both Lee Valley and Highland sell... Has anybody used these? Comments?[br][br][hr][/blockq...
 PeteW Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,016 12-30-2015, 08:47 AM

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