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  0 Thread: how/where to learn hand plane techniques
Post: RE: how/where to learn hand plane techniques
Yes, buy and memorize the Charlesworth DVDs. Books can't get you there alone.....  (TLDR) Over 20 years ago I bought my first Unisaw. I've had several shops' worth of tools in those decades. Also in...
 John Dykes Woodworking Hand Tools 27 15,379 07-26-2017, 10:32 AM
  0 Thread: new starrett quality
Post: RE: new starrett quality
Glad it's not just me.... Well, no - I wish it was just me.  It's one of those things that I would buy, and KNOW it was perfect. Well, had always assumed it was perfect. Some years ago, I realiz...
 John Dykes Woodworking Hand Tools 19 13,109 07-15-2017, 08:50 PM
  0 Thread: Whiteside Router Bit SOLD P/P!!
Post: RE: Whiteside Router Bit
Oh - yea. Guess that's right!  I'll take it if it's still available.
 John Dykes Tool Swap N' Sell 6 4,166 04-14-2017, 07:42 AM
  0 Thread: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
Post: RE: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
And still sitting on the shelf.  $300 is fixed.
 John Dykes Tool Swap N' Sell 5 5,696 04-13-2017, 06:06 PM
  0 Thread: Whiteside Router Bit SOLD P/P!!
Post: RE: Whiteside Router Bit
"Never been used" as in still has the Whiteside plastic dip coating stuff on it or?
 John Dykes Tool Swap N' Sell 6 4,166 04-13-2017, 05:52 PM
  0 Thread: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
Post: RE: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
Large Tasai paring chisel still available. $300.
 John Dykes Tool Swap N' Sell 5 5,696 02-22-2017, 01:05 PM
  0 Thread: Crucible Holdfasts
Post: RE: Crucible Holdfasts
*Edit. Nevermind. Everybody has a right to earn a buck. I won't post my personal thoughts about it.... I'm very, very happy with my holdfast from Blum tools (Google it).
 John Dykes Woodworking Hand Tools 29 25,472 02-01-2017, 03:21 PM
  0 Thread: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
Post: RE: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
Bump. Edit: It's probably the only Tasai chisel that's ever been in combat... ;)
 John Dykes Tool Swap N' Sell 5 5,696 01-04-2017, 11:27 AM
  0 Thread: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
Post: Tasai 30mm Shinogi Usu Nomi
I've got a few tools that I never really used and am finally letting go.  First, a Tasai paring slick - about 14" long (with handle) and 30mm wide. I bought this from Joel at Tools for Working Wood...
 John Dykes Tool Swap N' Sell 5 5,696 12-03-2016, 04:37 PM
  0 Thread: Book needed, new to using hand planes
Post: David Charlesworth
Many years ago, based on the information that I gleaned from a place affectionately known as "The .rec," I bought a very expensive Lie-Nielsen #4 smoothing plane. Folks said it "worked right out of th...
 John Dykes Woodworking Hand Tools 19 14,828 03-30-2016, 08:27 PM
  0 Thread: hand tool publications
Post: Re: hand tool publications
That's kinda the problem with a lot of the content that's out there now - from print, to video, to web. It's all tool or - single skill (sharpening OR dovetails OR M&T joinery)focused. It's been ...
 John Dykes Woodworking Hand Tools 6 4,878 03-09-2016, 04:34 PM
  0 Thread: Sellers' books
Post: Re: Sellers' books
I have his first book (his only?), and absolutely will be buying this one. [br][br]Full disclosure: I subscribe to his Masterclasses website and, after considerable adjustment of my own notions, have ...
 John Dykes Woodworking Hand Tools 2 1,929 03-02-2016, 06:36 AM
  0 Thread: Cabriole Leg v1
Post: Cabriole Leg v1
SYP from 84 Lumber. I found a pattern on the web, blew it up to size in Sketchup, cut it on the bandsaw, shaped with spokeshave, #49 & #59 Nicholson rasps, and chisels. [br][br]Yes - I got carried...
 John Dykes Woodworking 3 2,757 02-14-2016, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
David, thanks for the info. I'll be headed there first thing in the morning.... [br] [br]My kids ratted me out, and my wife found the saw. I quickly free-handed this and showed it to her... She's sti...
 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-12-2016, 08:40 PM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
As a quick update (and perhaps my last post to this thread). I've put my project on hold.... [br][br]Instead of working on this sideboard, I'm going to learn how to make my own cabriole legs this 4 da...
 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-12-2016, 03:38 PM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Mr. Murphy, again thanks for the time and effort you’ve spent on my fits and starts. I chuckled through your post this morning. It could have been written, word for word, by my father; staccato-like p...
 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-11-2016, 11:01 AM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
David -[br][br]Thanks much for the offer - I'm stunned and humbled. It's a lot to ask of you (but may be necessary: see below), so I'll keep it on the list as an emergency contingency - right above "S...
 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-10-2016, 09:21 AM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Thanks much for your continued information and help. The result, however, is generally quite discouraging. I think - given your most recent post - I'll put the brakes on. Regardless of the investment ...
 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-09-2016, 02:56 PM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
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 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-09-2016, 10:44 AM
  0 Thread: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Post: Re: Queen Anne and Matching Mahogany
Thanks all for the input. [br] [br]Then I'll press forward with the build with the hopes that some "antiqued finish" might hide my poor planning. [br] [br]I'm still trying to cobble together some sk...
 John Dykes Woodworking 7 6,524 02-09-2016, 10:28 AM

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