My progress so far
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It’s in poplar. Toughest thing so far was thicknessing. I have converted a (crappy) no. 5 to a scub, but it was tricky. The wood tended to bow as I was planning which leads to planing that bow out and leaving the other side off if you aren’t careful. I think it would probably be best to take about half off of each side when taking off so much — down to 9/16ths.
28 January 2015 at 8:52 pm #124020I’m right along with the videos. Sadly mine doesn’t look nearly as good as P.S’s! Towards the end of video no.6 he says he wasn’t very good when he started out! Guess there is hope for me! I now put an emphasis on finishing projects, no matter how bad it may be. Everything gets better with practice but the more projects you finish, the less each piece needs to be a “masterpiece”.
Yeah I agree David. You can’t become a master without making a lot of ok things in between. I’m fine with calling myself a beginner and making mistakes and learning from them.
It’s funny because I scoffed at Paul’s lack of dogging. So I drilled a bunch of holes in my bench and used dogs a little, but after using the clamp in the vise i like that much better lol. I do still use hold-fasts some, but I think I’d rather not have the holes in my bench because I keep stuff under the bench and I’m always getting sawdust etc. down there. The more I learn the more respect I have for Paul and his way of working. Hopefully someday I can take a class and visit the castle!
Looks like i need more clamps for the next glue up, ;).
28 January 2015 at 9:25 pm #124036I guess it takes a while to find out how you like to work. I have gone the other way. I prefer holdfast’s and dogs. I want to build a new bench and have the vise flush mounted.
31 January 2015 at 12:53 am #124137That’s looking really great, Joe. The poplar looks very nice. I think it’s an underrated wood. But probably perfect for a project like this.
31 January 2015 at 11:39 pm #124164Looking good, I am hoping to start mine very soon. I probably will use pine as I want use Milk Paint and maybe clear shellac on the inside.
Steve
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