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9 September 2016 at 8:54 pm #140028
Thanks for the comment. You’re right about the scraper and plane, but these pieces were less than 1/16″ thick. For me it was easier to use sandpaper.
12 July 2016 at 7:35 am #138464I’ve seen those table top versions before. You could almost think of them as a version of a Bench Bull.
I made mine from a fir 4×4 post bought at the big box store. The beauty is that you can make them from just about anything and as big or small as you want. The sky’s the limit 🙂
12 July 2016 at 6:12 am #138456Thanks for those nice comments Steve. Glad you picked up some useful Workmate tips. I’ve certainly got a lot of use from mine. I used it to build my first workbench too.
[quote quote=138444]Marty thanks for the review of the Woodriver Butt chisels they do like a nice set. I was also impressed with your Workmate up grades, I have ( 2 ) and that is what I used to build my Paul Sellers style bench. I like your accessories very much and will adapt those to mine as I sometimes work outdoors, or go over my Daughter’s or Son’s home’s to help them with projects. Sure makes the Workbench very versital. I enjoyed your other video’s as well, thanks for sharing some great tips.
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[quote quote=138444]Marty thanks for the review of the Woodriver Butt chisels they do like a nice set. I was also impressed with your Workmate up grades, I have ( 2 ) and that is what I used to build my Paul Sellers style bench. I like your accessories very much and will adapt those to mine as I sometimes work outdoors, or go over my Daughter’s or Son’s home’s to help them with projects. Sure makes the Workbench very versital. I enjoyed your other video’s as well, thanks for sharing some great tips.
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12 July 2016 at 5:40 am #138451Hi Jeff,
If you go to my YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/martybacke), the latest (as of July 10th) video is about my Workmate modifications.
18 June 2016 at 9:48 pm #137949Hi Jeff,
I love my DMT stones. Up to about a year ago I would just place them on my bench. Then I made the setup you see in the video which is much better since it’s always ready to go.
I bought square rubber feet/bumpers from the big box store and place them on the plates. Helps a lot to keep them from moving as you are using them.
I clamped the sandpaper to my jointer bed which is of course very flat. But any flat surface will obviously work.
Funny No 33 comment. I haven’t been using it much, but it’s intended for use on the edges of plywood which are too hard (all the glue lines) on my nicer planes.
18 June 2016 at 9:08 pm #137945I agree it’s not a #3, but his question was how big it was, and I do think it’s closest to a #3 size wise. Thanks for your comments.
[quote quote=137943]Nope, being a Harbor Freight habitue’, I’ve become familiar with their numbering systems. 33 is not the equivalent of a No. 3, as in a Stanley smoothing plane. They simply want to see if any customers will ask for a No. 32, a No. 25, or even a No. 16, to see if they can get a hand plane cheaper than the Harbor Freight 33. I’ve never seen the No. 33 on sale, so maybe sometime, somewhere, someone might get a bargain
In the meantime, thank you for the tuneup video. I’ll see if it can help my grandfather’s Stanley No.3. It might not help; it wouldn’t hurt. I’ll keep looking next to the Aldi chisels. We can watch and see how low a price point can go.
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[quote quote=137943]Nope, being a Harbor Freight habitue’, I’ve become familiar with their numbering systems. 33 is not the equivalent of a No. 3, as in a Stanley smoothing plane. They simply want to see if any customers will ask for a No. 32, a No. 25, or even a No. 16, to see if they can get a hand plane cheaper than the Harbor Freight 33. I’ve never seen the No. 33 on sale, so maybe sometime, somewhere, someone might get a bargain
In the meantime, thank you for the tuneup video. I’ll see if it can help my grandfather’s Stanley No.3. It might not help; it wouldn’t hurt. I’ll keep looking next to the Aldi chisels. We can watch and see how low a price point can go.
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8 May 2016 at 6:58 pm #137072Thanks Steve!
[quote quote=136995]Marty a little late to the party here but I wanted to say I enjoyed your video’s very much. I to like box making but since I retired I am mostly a hand tool Guy, I still have all of my power tools except for my table saw which I did sell. I have the same bandsaw you have and that is the power tool I use most if I use a power tool.
Getting wood is a problem for me where I live, no good sources except a Woodcraft Store which is over an hour from me and their wood pricing is out of site
You have a very nice shop by the way and all the goodies to go with it. Thanks for sharing.
Steve
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23 March 2016 at 2:00 pm #135878[quote quote=135872]I’ve just watched it all, not the first few minutes, and thought it was great. It’s exactly the sort of video that should be posted on here very skilful work. True there are some machines but if thats the way Marty wants to work who are we to criticise. If the boxes were bigger then it would probably be easier to use hand methods rather than machines to size the stock. If you watch it all you would note that he uses hand tools for all the final dimensioning anyway, shooting boards/ plane etc. Well done for getting the box liner to fit so nicely (you didn’t even need to give it a bash with a mallet it make it fit!!)
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Thanks much for those nice words.
27 December 2015 at 4:30 pm #133451Thanks Brett. The clamp is an Inlay Clamp, made and sold by William Ng. You can purchase it here: http://shop.wnwoodworkingschool.com/Inlay-Vise-Inlay-Vise.htm
[quote quote=133449]Marty, Enjoyed the video very much. I have made several larger boxes and most of your techniques translate to them but picked up some additional tricks.
One question I have: At about the 10min mark you use a clamping device to hold your thin stock. I have never seen that. What is it and where did you get it?
Thanks again for taking the time. I always find your videos very useful…
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8 September 2015 at 3:43 pm #130178Hi Brett.
The blue plane is a Record 4-1/2.
Transfer punches are great, and I have a set (from Harbor Freight). In this case it was just more convenient to use the brad point drill bit because it was at hand and accuracy wasn’t critical.
Thanks for watching the video.
Marty
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5 August 2015 at 4:35 pm #129110Thanks Matt. It did take longer than I had planned for, but it’s time in the workshop so it’s all good.
[quote quote=129062]Enjoyed that, Marty. A labor of love. The angles for the mortises must have been challenging. Probably more planning than you thought you’d do for cat stairs.
I recently made a cat tree for our new kitten. She loves that thing. Not quite fine woodworking, but I don’t think she’ll know the difference!
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27 July 2015 at 5:24 am #128840Thanks Matt.
The box that holds 3 contains the set I bought 20 years ago. In the last few years I bought new DMT stones which I like better. I still keep the old set for working with older stuff, but I probably could throw them away. It’s hard to throw some stuff away though 🙁
Right now I don’t have a good place to keep them like Paul does, so they live in a box. But since I use Paul’s method for sharpening I can still set everything up pretty quick. Eventually I’ll probably have them installed in a plank of wood like Paul does.
14 May 2015 at 9:35 pm #127163Thanks Matt. Fortunately there are so many block planes available on EBay it’s easy to pick up replacements. And for the most part, the used block planes are still affordable, unlike many of the bench planes.
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