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  0 Thread: Veritas Grinder tool rest and sharpening jig SOLD
Post: RE: Veritas Grinder tool rest and sharpening jig

I see it now x 17
WJB Tool Swap N' Sell 4 2,014 03-08-2020, 02:53 PM
  0 Thread: Scott Phillips???????
Post: RE: Scott Phillips???????

Roy's show debuted a full ten years before Norm's. Norm hardly opened the door for him.
WJB Woodworking 23 13,505 02-23-2020, 09:54 AM
  0 Thread: Please identify tool?
Post: RE: Please identify tool?

Almost looks like it is made from a file.
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 2 1,862 02-22-2020, 08:52 PM
  0 Thread: The lowly matchstick
Post: RE: The lowly matchstick

Looks like the hanging "things" is a representation of an Indian Sun Dance. Kind of weird and irreverent to display it in that manner, but it is Ripley's.
WJB Woodworking 11 5,194 01-19-2020, 02:22 PM
  0 Thread: Woodsmith-inspired Stationary Edge Sander build thread
Post: RE: Stationary Edge Sander build thread

He probably means linear bearing Also look at McMaster Carr for carriage and slide
WJB Woodworking Power Tools 33 14,058 01-05-2020, 09:42 PM
  0 Thread: basic " " of woodworking?
Post: RE: basic " " of woodworking?

Per Roy Underhill, all operations fall under wedge or edge.
WJB Woodworking 15 6,447 12-30-2019, 11:09 PM
  0 Thread: Wago Wire Connectors
Post: RE: Wago Wire Connectors

Pprobus, Could you use a 5 conductor Wago when you only have 4 wires? Is there anything wrong with leaving one position unused? Getting ready to some wiring of my own and ran across Wagos a few ...
WJB Home Improvement 27 12,429 12-30-2019, 06:52 PM
  0 Thread: Junction boxes in false ceiling
Post: RE: Junction boxes in false ceiling

Thanks Robert, that is definitely something that I will not be doing.
WJB Home Improvement 6 5,684 12-21-2019, 11:09 PM
  0 Thread: Junction boxes in false ceiling
Post: RE: Junction boxes in false ceiling

Thanks, Roly. I assumed this is the case. Just wanted confirmation.
WJB Home Improvement 6 5,684 12-21-2019, 02:55 PM
  0 Thread: Junction boxes in false ceiling
Post: Junction boxes in false ceiling

It has been 20 years since I have had to have remodeling wiring inspected. Am now finishing an unfinished basement for living space. I will be installing a suspended ceiling so utilities can easily b...
WJB Home Improvement 6 5,684 12-21-2019, 11:41 AM
  0 Thread: Kitchen Saw Recreated
Post: RE: Kitchen Saw Recreated

I have an original that is marked "C Disston ", for Charles, a brother of Henry. Curious what yours is marked? They are commonly misrepresented as Civil War surgeons knifes by various auction venu...
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 16 8,666 12-18-2019, 01:38 PM
  0 Thread: Getting Ready to Install Mortising Chuck In Minimax Jointer/Planer
Post: RE: Getting Ready to Install Mortising Chuck In Mi...

What is the rotation direction of the pulley? The threads might be left handed to offset a natural loosening effect The mushrooming is just a remnant oh the broaching process to make the hex.
WJB Woodworking Power Tools 3 1,986 12-08-2019, 02:03 PM
  0 Thread: question about adze vs hoe
Post: RE: question about adze vs hoe

I agree with Bill that the one with a curved blade is a shaping or carving adze. If the curvature was more pronounced, I would call it a gutter adze. An example of one can be seen on Northmen.com. ...
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 12 8,434 12-06-2019, 06:50 PM
  0 Thread: question about adze vs hoe
Post: RE: question about adze vs hoe

At auctions I see adzes represented as grub hoes quite often. I have concluded that few auctioneers know their adze from a hoe in the ground.
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 12 8,434 12-05-2019, 06:46 PM
  0 Thread: What kind of plane is this?
Post: RE: What kind of plane is this?

Rumbold patent. For hinge mortises (repeated to hit 17 characters)
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 9 4,634 11-19-2019, 06:26 PM
  0 Thread: Antique wooden planes questions
Post: RE: Antique wooden planes questions

Nice score. Typically, when you find one of these in the wild the irons are lost except for the one in the plane. A plow plane is the most fun way to make grooves for drawer or box bottoms. You shou...
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 22 8,278 11-17-2019, 09:27 PM
  0 Thread: Hand saw
Post: RE: Hand saw

Actually, we like the nib question - the arguing is rarely bloody. Just don't go to power tools and ask "what is the best tablesaw"?
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,415 09-15-2019, 07:42 PM
  0 Thread: Hand saw
Post: RE: Hand saw

You have done it now. You have asked the purpose of the nib- the start of many a fight on hand tool forums. Some will tell you it is like a gun site, others will claim it is used to notch the start of...
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 6 3,415 09-15-2019, 05:53 PM
  0 Thread: Sargent Shaw’s patent plane
Post: RE: Sargent Shaw’s patent plane

Bandit, I don't agree with the mismatch of parts. Based on the first two photos that is legit Shaw's patent, probably a #14. The website you referred to has a good explanation on the Shaw's patent. T...
WJB Woodworking Hand Tools 6 5,029 09-02-2019, 12:02 PM
  0 Thread: YouTube aha! moment....
Post: RE: YouTube aha! moment....

B&D didn't invent it, Ron Hickman did. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1358121/Workmate-inventor-DIY-possible-millions-dead-78.html
WJB Woodworking 8 5,792 07-28-2019, 04:19 PM

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