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6 July 2017 at 5:38 pm #313558
Nice one Bob! 12$ shipping isn’t bad at all! I’m just reading ‘Shogun’ by James Clavell and it made me think what shipping costs would have been like in 1600ad? (Sorry for going off on a tangent). The Spear and Jackson saws look great, I’m tempted to get one myself!
6 June 2017 at 6:38 am #312612I use Allen and Orr in Chesterfield, not been to the Donny branch. Great company, good stocks of joinery grade red wood, maple, sapele, white oak, beech and more besides.
I purchased some Sapele there for the tool cabinet project and saw a lovely 12″ wide board at the bottom of the stack. I asked the staff there if would be ok to have that one expecting a ‘Can’t you have the one off the top?’ sort of response but it was no trouble at all to them, really helpful staff.N.E Timber on Ebay have been good, got some nice Black Walnut from them. It’s just a shame the postage can be as much as the cost of the timber.
17 May 2017 at 3:59 am #312021[quote quote=129468] In 50 years time I will be one of the few old relics/dinosaurs left with all my faculties intact creating things with my hands as it was done for thousands of years and what may be the very last things created by man.
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At the speed I work I should just be putting the finishing touches to my tool cabinet then.
15 May 2017 at 8:59 pm #311988Thank you for the replies, certainly something to think about.
Funnily enough it has been a very wet day here in Derbyshire and my shed is unheated so no doubt the humidity would have been higher. I’ll bring the unit inside and see what happens.
I’ll keep an eye out for hand creams also, I do get very dry, cracked hands so put cream on regularly so it’s a possibility I could be contaminating the surface.15 May 2017 at 1:42 pm #311977I used Osmo Top oil for the vanity unit I made for our bathroom, it’s food safe when dry, water resistant, easy to apply, gives a nice finish.
I’m very pleased with it. The unit has been in use for 18 months, with three children aged 6 and under who tend to get water everywhere, no water stains! 🙂13 April 2017 at 7:23 pm #311078I’m with you on this one Steve. I started with a set of Aldi chisels which I still use and have found excellent, never had one break. I was lucky to win a bid on a job lot of chisels on Ebay ( including Sorby, James Howarth and other Sheffield makes) for less than £1.00 per chisel, I bid on them because I wanted more selection of sizes rather than just the four in the Aldi set. A lot of the handles are split, rusty steel, covered in paint etc but after some tlc the steel has cleaned up and sharpened beautifully and I am slowly making and fitting new handles. I have given my Dad some and am getting a set together for my son who is six at the moment but loves doing woodwork. I love these chisels to bits, maybe because of the work i’ve put into restoring them but they are also a joy to use. I just don’t have the money to spend on new, expensive brands but I really can’t see how they would be any better than what I’ve got now.
26 January 2017 at 10:27 am #308724Same here, usually after I’ve just veered off course with my first pass or if the square just moved slightly.
EDIT: (In response to the hearing of Paul in your head saying ‘Lightly with the first pass……….)
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8 November 2016 at 6:59 pm #142293Just read Pauls blog today, interesting about the poor mans York pitch. If you find your blade is too scored to get flat perhaps you could still use it for the method he describes on his blog?
https://paulsellers.com/2016/11/shaker-style-dresser-2/8 November 2016 at 4:18 pm #142292I’m with you on that one, see it through from start to finish, a sense of achievement and lots learned. Your next one will be a doddle 🙂
8 November 2016 at 2:43 pm #142287Looking at the photo (hard to tell) it looks like the middle of your plane iron is polished and not the edge which means the middle is higher than the edge. If this is the case I had one similar, it took me hours on the flat stones to get the polished area to the edge. About a week later Paul released a video ( I think it was his plane restoration vid ) where he had a blade which was bellied out in the middle, one well aimed blow from a hammer took the belly out and he was able then to polish the edges in minutes.
……Just had a look. Watch this video, it will help you. Paul starts restoring the blade at 42.00 mins in, he takes the belly out with a hammer at around 47.00 mins.
It will save you a lot of hard work 🙂21 September 2016 at 8:55 am #140536Click here for tote templates
This may help you. If I have done this right you can hopefully see No#3 & No#4 tote templates. If you print the template off then hold it alongside your plane tote you can see if there is any difference in angle etc without having to buy a new tote.
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19 September 2016 at 12:47 pm #140385Hello Darren,
No problem. Keep an eye on his ebay shop, I got some nice pieces of Elm, Hornbeam and Laburnum which have made great mallet heads.
I really enjoyed that project, that’s why all my family are getting a mallet each for Christmas this year!Cheers, Jim.
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