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  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
Post: RE: A case to store a few chisels in?

The "divider" is more of a blade rest, so the handles will sit lower than the blades do...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-25-2024, 03:18 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley #80
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On the #80...the thumbscrew in the center....is to bow the iron, the same as when you bow a cabinet scraper.... It also helps with depth adjustments... So..I am just wondering HOW a thicker iron...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 5 178 04-24-2024, 08:59 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Ok...Project is done...time to post how it came out..after the Amber Shellac was rubbed down.. A view of the front...space under the case is from.. These fancy feet...a view of the back of the c...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-24-2024, 07:58 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
Post: RE: A case to store a few chisels in?

Case needs feet to sit on, so...rip a 1 x 1 into 4 pieces.. Was trying to use this.. But..it had a flaw when cutting narrow strips... As right back at the fence... There is a round-over to...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-23-2024, 09:26 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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OK..lid required a rebate milled.. For no bigger than this was..I just needed a blade's thickness on the tablesaw...instead of messing around with spurs on the #3720...end grain cut was wider than ...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-23-2024, 09:08 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Top compartment? At the moment...10 chisels...haven't loaded the drawer, yet... Teaser, for now... Back later with the "Rest of the Story.."
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-20-2024, 01:12 PM
  0 Thread: NOT another $21 plane
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1st yard sale of the season, yesterday...found this.. Only cost me.. $1.... As for that plane iron? That has the original Price tag still on it...that I paid $12 for?   Price tag says......
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 2 210 04-20-2024, 10:44 AM
  0 Thread: NOT another $21 plane
Post: NOT another $21 plane

Even with a 10% discount... That Stanley 2-3/8" iron was $12..but.. Was $90 + tax!  Union No. 41...from BEFORE Stanley ground off the "UNION" labels... Has both 5/16" cutters. Asking price...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 2 210 04-19-2024, 04:12 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Clamps came back off this morning...back was cleaned up... Then both ends, and then the front... Then the top edges were leveled....then the bottom of the drawer was leveled.. Then a test fit...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-16-2024, 07:01 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Drawer work, today...going to try half blind dovetails...on a Monday.. Pins done first..force of habit...double checked the layouts.. Then some chopping was done..AFTER a dovetail saw was done ...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-15-2024, 06:26 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
Post: RE: A case to store a few chisels in?

In my case...Tonic & Gin works to keep those morning "WAKE UP!" cramps away....none showed up this morning, either.. Tonic Water + 40 Proof London Dry Gin + shot of Mountain Dew Zero....ice cold, i...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-15-2024, 12:18 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Last night, while on the computer..one of the cats decided to walk across the desk...and knocked over the glass of Tonic & Gin...yep, right onto the "old" keyboard... So, this morning, I am working w...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-15-2024, 12:11 PM
  0 Thread: Edge planing technique issue
Post: RE: Edge planing technique issue

Most times, I do not grab a hold of the front knob...I will hook the left thumb over the side of the plane, and curl the fingers under the sole of the plane..the fingers act as a fence...and will tell...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 8 506 04-15-2024, 11:50 AM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
Post: RE: A case to store a few chisels in?

Ok..no charlie horse wake-ups call this morning...so.. Case is now out of the clamps..back has been cleaned up.. As well as the front of the case...then worked on the ends.. And then the top ed...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-13-2024, 08:46 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Took yesterday off, from the shop...Harbor Freight trip? 5 belts for what Lowes wants for a single belt  Just under $9 counting Tax Needed Brushes to spread the glue around with...wasn't any IN ...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-12-2024, 10:36 AM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Bad night, last night...legs were cramped up badly at 0400 in the morning.:upset:..took until almost 0430 to get the to release enough that I could get back to sleep...then was woken back up at 0800.....
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-11-2024, 08:37 PM
  0 Thread: Another twenty-one dollar plane
Post: RE: Another twenty-one dollar plane

James Hamilton ( Stumpy Nubs) did a video about that plane, when they first came out....and showed how he changed it over to work as a Scrub Plane.   Rex Krueger made a video about the Stanley #4 ...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 6 469 04-11-2024, 09:17 AM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
Post: RE: A case to store a few chisels in?

Ok..this layout was not going to work.. Mainly that bottom corner...so..new lay out was made.. And, back to pins first....but, there was a problem... Tab was mis-cut..so that when the tails w...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-11-2024, 09:03 AM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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Dovetail 101, pins first as usual.. Remember to knife the lines.. A bit of handsaw work.. The chop half way down on the show side... Might as well use one of the chisels to build it's new ...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-10-2024, 05:34 PM
  0 Thread: A case to store a few chisels in?
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That case will serve as a Pattern...just need to expand it a bit... This is one of the planks to be used.. Just over $5 a piece...at Lowes.  First off, need a few cuts made... 2 ends, and a bac...
bandit571 Woodworking Hand Tools 28 1,127 04-09-2024, 02:09 PM

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