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  0 Thread: Brusso Hadware
Post: RE: Brusso Hadware
Hi I think Brusso products are pretty good but you should check them for accuracy when you get them. I've used them a lot but the last time I purchased the little stop hinges there was a problem. W...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 10 2,045 11-09-2021, 06:18 PM
  0 Thread: Zoom for Woodworking Club Meetings
Post: RE: Zoom for Woodworking Club Meetings
wjt Wrote: (12-30-2020, 05:21 PM) -- Anyone here belong to a Woodworkers Guild that is using Zoom meetings in place of in person events. If so I would appreciate some feedback on how it is working...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 5 2,593 12-30-2020, 08:22 PM
  0 Thread: Knife hinges -- Brusso vs. Sanderson?
Post: RE: Knife hinges -- Brusso vs. Sanderson?
Hi, Sorry I didn't see this when if was first posted... Sanderson hardware is great. I use their knife hinges all the time. They're beautifully made. I like them much better than Brusso. High...
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 17 4,045 12-21-2020, 08:16 PM
  0 Thread: Planning end grain
Post: RE: Planning end grain
tablesawtom Wrote: (10-25-2020, 06:02 PM) -- details on your end grain wetting. Tom -- Hi, I'm not sure what you mean. A long time ago, (50 years?) an old guy I knew in a cabinet shop was wat...
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 25 6,642 10-25-2020, 09:00 PM
  0 Thread: Planning end grain
Post: RE: Planning end grain
tablesawtom Wrote: (10-22-2020, 09:43 AM) -- First of all, I go out of my way to avoid planning end grain. But there is a time and a place for it. Also there s a lot of difference between head knowle...
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 25 6,642 10-25-2020, 12:50 AM
  0 Thread: special winding strips
Post: special winding strips
I can't insert the photos here but if you're interested and have an Instagram account you might want to look up Karl Holtey's "specially commissioned" winding sticks on his page. Kind of hard to de...
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 5 2,847 07-03-2020, 05:00 PM
  0 Thread: Karl is at it again - new Block Plane
Post: RE: Karl is at it again - new Block Plane
CStan Wrote: (05-19-2020, 05:04 PM) -- I thought he had retired. -- He did. In 2015. It didn't seem to stick because he "gets ideas for planes and can't rest." So much for retirement.  Judging...
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 26 13,252 05-19-2020, 06:33 PM
  0 Thread: Karl is at it again - new Block Plane
Post: RE: Karl is at it again - new Block Plane
med-one Wrote: (05-19-2020, 01:07 PM) -- Wonder what it might cost to have one of everything he makes. -- Supposedly, there's a woman in San Francisco who does.
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 26 13,252 05-19-2020, 05:26 PM
  0 Thread: Newer Hand Tools You'd Try, Cost no Object
Post: RE: Newer Hand Tools You'd Try, Cost no Object
I think I would try Mateo Panzica's (Lazarus Handplane) bevel up smooth plane (http://www.lazarushandplane.com/shop/bevel-up-smooth-plane-305)with that unique adjustment mechanism.
 Steve Altman Woodworking Hand Tools 32 15,631 12-11-2019, 04:41 PM
  0 Thread: veneer from end grain and burls
Post: RE: veneer from end grain and burls
jteneyck Wrote: (11-15-2019, 01:39 PM) -- Air dried doesn't mean it was dry enough.  It is highly unlikely it was in the 6 - 8% range unless the drying conditions were at 30 - 40% RH.  When I said I ...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 13 5,148 11-15-2019, 04:02 PM
  0 Thread: veneer from end grain and burls
Post: RE: veneer from end grain and burls
TomFromStLouis Wrote: (11-14-2019, 11:21 AM) -- I just suffered another defeat from some end grain veneer I made from an eyeless maple burl. It was 1/16" thick and laminated to both sides of 1/4" MDF...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 13 5,148 11-15-2019, 11:29 AM
  0 Thread: A magical pencil that won't break and you can see the lines
Post: RE: A magical pencil that won't break and you can ...
Hank Knight Wrote: (10-20-2019, 11:53 AM) -- I use a 2mm lead holder with soft HB or 2B lead. It requires a special, very inexpensive sharpener that puts a fine point on the lead. I use a piece of fi...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 29 13,705 10-20-2019, 02:51 PM
  0 Thread: Storing Veneer
Post: RE: Storing Veneer
Mr Eddie Wrote: (10-02-2019, 06:36 PM) -- +1 -- Thanks. I appreciate it.
 Steve Altman Woodworking 16 7,834 10-03-2019, 07:31 PM
  0 Thread: Storing Veneer
Post: RE: Storing Veneer
Gary G™ Wrote: (10-01-2019, 08:19 PM) -- Steve, http://www.myworkshop.com Beautiful workmanship on dozens of boxes! -- Thanks very much.
 Steve Altman Woodworking 16 7,834 10-02-2019, 08:55 AM
  0 Thread: Storing Veneer
Post: RE: Storing Veneer
Halfathumb Wrote: (10-01-2019, 10:13 AM) -- You do great & fabulous work. Beautiful designs. Thanks about where you hang them. I got married in January and LOML used to bread Persians, now we still h...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 16 7,834 10-01-2019, 11:58 AM
  0 Thread: Storing Veneer
Post: RE: Storing Veneer
Halfathumb Wrote: (09-28-2019, 10:11 AM) -- Great idea. Now I just have to find a place to hang them  :) -- The photo is the door of a wall cabinet. I have another set like that on another door. Here...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 16 7,834 09-28-2019, 10:35 PM
  Photo Thread: Storing Veneer
Post: RE: Storing Veneer
Hi, This is what I do with veneer shorts.
 Steve Altman Woodworking 16 7,834 09-25-2019, 07:55 PM
  0 Thread: Oval help
Post: RE: Oval help
Cecil Wrote: (08-23-2019, 10:05 AM) -- I want to make an oval, by joining some boards, and then shaping, of course. A circle is easy, all angles are the same.  Where I need help is to calculate wh...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 6 3,651 08-23-2019, 12:24 PM
  Wink Thread: Lee valley cabinetmaker's glue?
Post: RE: Lee valley cabinetmaker's glue?
Hi, I've used it a lot. It's seems pretty similar to Titebond, though it's not waterproof like Titebond III. This stuff about open time for Titebond, even Extend, for the Lee Valley glue - or any PVA...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 13 10,657 06-09-2019, 11:00 PM
  0 Thread: Loose Tenons
Post: RE: Loose Tenons
pebbles Wrote: (05-27-2019, 04:36 PM) -- I am making pine passage doors. The rails and styles will be joined by loose tenos. What material should I make the tenons out of pine, hardwood, plywood, or ...
 Steve Altman Woodworking 3 2,290 05-27-2019, 05:29 PM

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