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  0 Thread: Difference between honing, buffing and stropping...
Post: RE: Difference between honing, buffing and stroppi...
I always considered the top-level term to be sharpening.  Grinding, honing, polishing, buffing, stropping, all make things sharper, therefore, sharpening, is the inclusive term. Grinding establishe...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 17 12,157 07-15-2019, 04:47 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: RE: Stanley #2
David Katz Wrote: (05-01-2019, 07:53 AM) -- Fair enough. I own a Lie-Nielsen #2 I bought in a lot of LN tools acquired from an estate sale. My hand is simply too big to hold the plane in order to use...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 54 26,792 05-01-2019, 11:03 AM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: RE: Stanley #2
David Katz Wrote: (04-30-2019, 07:21 PM) -- Another point is that a No. 2 is a completely useless plane. I doubt any person posting here can actually get his hand around the tote and take a shaving w...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 54 26,792 05-01-2019, 11:01 AM
  0 Thread: SOLD - Delta 900 RAS - Milwaukee Area - Price Reduced
Post: RE: Delta 900 RAS For Sale - Milwaukee Area - Pric...
Belle City Woodworking Wrote: (02-14-2019, 03:00 PM) -- Ok, price lowered to $100.00 picked up to any woodnetter that wants it. -- What's the crosscut capacity on this one?
 MattRadtke Tool Swap N' Sell 19 7,840 02-14-2019, 03:17 PM
  0 Thread: Drawer Secondary Wood
Post: RE: Drawer Secondary Wood
Whatever is soft and easily available. I was mid-project one and realized I didn't have any drawer side material.  Oops.  I found was some rustic cherry that was about $1.50 a bf.  Some of the easi...
 MattRadtke Woodworking 16 7,169 11-06-2018, 02:33 PM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielsen planes. Last 3 reduced!!
Post: RE: Lie Nielsen planes. Last 3 reduced!!
mainframe Wrote: (10-08-2018, 12:53 PM) -- The LN 4 Bronze  is SOLD. The LN 60 1/2 R is SOLD. -- Received both today.  Clearly well cared for, well packed.  Sharpened both and put them in th...
 MattRadtke Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,292 10-16-2018, 06:17 PM
  0 Thread: Surface Finish - Plane vs Card Scraper
Post: RE: Surface Finish - Plane vs Card Scraper
tablesawtom Wrote: (10-06-2018, 07:18 AM) -- If you are going to stain the wood with a pigmented stain to smooth a surface can cause the stain to be lighter than you want. There is a time for a plane...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,522 10-10-2018, 09:38 AM
  0 Thread: Lie Nielsen planes. Last 3 reduced!!
Post: RE: Lie Nielsen planes and more!!!
mainframe Wrote: (10-08-2018, 12:53 PM) -- LN 4 Bronze - 275.00 LN 4 Bronze (https://mainframestools.smugmug.com/Lie-Nielsen-No-4-Bronze/n-L2fd2J/i-zrNwr9q/A) LN 60 1/2 R - Rabbet block plane ...
 MattRadtke Tool Swap N' Sell 16 9,292 10-10-2018, 09:28 AM
  0 Thread: Surface Finish - Plane vs Card Scraper
Post: RE: Surface Finish - Plane vs Card Scraper
I find a planed surface to be the best one. In a perfectly world, we would slap finish on wood right from the cutting tool.  But we don't live in a perfect world.  So we futz with different angles ...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,522 10-04-2018, 12:03 PM
  0 Thread: Shop apron
Post: RE: Shop apron
Bob10 Wrote: (03-07-2018, 02:10 AM) -- I am looking at getting this apron, does anyone here have one and what are your thoughts about it. Not sure I need pockets just the dust off me comfortably ...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 37 23,720 03-21-2018, 10:20 AM
  0 Thread: Laquer over shellac
Post: RE: Laquer over shellac
Yes.  I recently did that with an old family piece I had to restore.  Shellac both for some depth and color, the lacquer to knock down the sheen slightly and offer slightly more protection--the piece ...
 MattRadtke Woodworking 4 2,976 09-05-2016, 12:52 PM
  0 Thread: New unisaws along with lots of other col oh $2k
Post: RE: New unisaws along with lots of other col oh $2...
That makes the SS much more interesting.  Would I be able to register the saw with warranty and all that jazz?
 MattRadtke Tool Swap N' Sell 14 10,608 08-29-2016, 04:48 PM
  0 Thread: New unisaws along with lots of other col oh $2k
Post: RE: New unisaws along with lots of other col oh $2...
And SS is used, correct?  PCS, yes? You're killing me and I want, but I need to make the case to SWMBO.
 MattRadtke Tool Swap N' Sell 14 10,608 08-29-2016, 02:06 PM
  0 Thread: New unisaws along with lots of other col oh $2k
Post: RE: New unisaws along with lots of other col oh $2...
What are you looking to get for the 3HP SawStop cabinet saw?  And does it include the fence and rails?  If so, which ones? Thanks!
 MattRadtke Tool Swap N' Sell 14 10,608 08-29-2016, 10:24 AM
  0 Thread: Bosch REAXX Saw
Post: Re: Bosch REAXX Saw
[blockquote]CapecodWW said:[hr][br][br]If you read the article I posted in the original post it said Bosch won in court, though it will likely be appealed. [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]I thought t...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Power Tools 6 6,106 03-25-2016, 02:48 PM
  0 Thread: Bosch REAXX Saw
Post: Re: Bosch REAXX Saw
[blockquote]Steve N said:[hr][br][br][blockquote]Steve N said:[hr][br]Now that there is competition, and it does not use the same technology, you call it hyperbole that I say he's a finger nanny.[br][...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Power Tools 6 6,106 03-25-2016, 09:11 AM
  0 Thread: Bosch REAXX Saw
Post: Re: Bosch REAXX Saw
[blockquote]Steve N said:[hr][br][br]As soon as the Bosch saw was talked about the finger nanny Steve Gass sued Bosch because he doesn't want any competition.[br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]You don't...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Power Tools 6 6,106 03-24-2016, 09:55 AM
  0 Thread: CBN Wheel
Post: Re: CBN Wheel
[blockquote]bob.h said:[hr][br][br]No carbide with CBN wheels! Diamond or green grit silicon carbide.[br]Bob [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]CBN works fine on any hardened steel, plain carbon steel ...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Power Tools 3 5,277 02-03-2016, 02:00 PM
  0 Thread: Hand made should not always infer hand tools
Post: Re: Hand made should not always infer hand tools
[blockquote]hbmcc said:[hr][br][br]When do you chop off the "hand" from hand made? Maybe, language is making room with bespoke, one-off, and corn flakes from tractor driving farmers. [br][br][hr][/blo...
 MattRadtke Woodworking Hand Tools 4 5,419 01-27-2016, 11:35 AM
  0 Thread: Shopsmith Mark V
Post: Re: Shopsmith Mark V
Honestly, you probably want a different arbor. IIRC, the shopsmith branded blades have a 1" or 7/8" or other goofy arbor for a 10" blade.[br][br]You can get a standard 5/8" arbor pretty cheap on eBay...
 MattRadtke Woodworking 4 4,254 10-04-2015, 03:53 PM

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