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19 June 2016 at 4:32 am #137952
I flattened out the bench with not a whole lot of difficulty. Took some time, but mostly because my lamination was not the best, but for my first try it wasn’t bad. The problem is preparing rough sawn stock. Took me a very long time to get a 4/4 6″ wide and about 21″ long piece of soft maple flat and square, and even then, it wasn’t very satisfied with the results. I took a step back, reviewed some information online, and finally checked out my Stanley #4. Turns out my manual sharpening of the blade had eventually made it a skew angle blade. I went ahead and squared off the blade and so far, I haven’t tried to prepare any more stock, but while flattening out a 21″x18″ (approx) lamination, seemed to work a whole lot better. Went back to using a honing guide and seem to be getting better results. Still not done due to other things I Have to take care of, but it will eventually become a night stand, then two.
4 June 2016 at 5:12 pm #137598From my very limited experience, I have to say the complete opposite. I just can’t seem to get anything square. After surfacing the reference face, its back and forth too high on one side, then back to too low, and so on and so forth. Very frustrating. Trying to build a nightstand for my wife, but the amount of time I’ve already spent trying to get the first piece for the table top prepared is ridiculous. I’ll have to see where I’m going wrong. Any suggestions for those of you who may have struggled with this in their early days of woodworking??
26 February 2016 at 4:23 am #135047@Salko: I will try to get it restored as best as I can. Initial inspection showed that the sole wasn’t warped and overall seemed straight. I’ll be more mindful and do some more research before i jump on a deal I come across. I didn’t lose too much money, so I don’t feel too bad. I was just a little disappointed. Description was pretty vague, and no claims of originality were made of any sort. I’ve already started the rust removal so I’ll just keep it and see how well it turns out.
@Robert Fowler: Thanks for the link.8 January 2016 at 8:02 pm #133753I plan on using Ballistol sprayed onto a rag and placing it inside a can of “Altoid” mints, once it’s empty of course.
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