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20 March 2016 at 10:54 pm #135794
Hi Ed,
I actually started about a year ago but during the cold weather here in the northeast and my shop, if you want to call it that, is not heated so I haven’t spent the whole year practicing the craft.
The help from the others was great. I started planing across the grain which to my surprise worked really well and then at a 45 and then the trusty scraper.
I got the wood really cheap from a cousin of my neighbors whose father had passed and needed to clean up things and eventually sell the house.. I also bought an old #6 that I restored and it works great. That cost me a bottle of scotch. I guess you could say 2 bottles seeing I figured I buy one for myself at the same time.
If I had known the difficulty in machine the curly maple I probably wouldn’t have bought it.
Nah! I would have bought it anyway. Ha ha.
Thanks for the reply,
Peter18 March 2016 at 2:00 pm #135747Thanks for your replies.
I think the first thing to do is to be patient. I have a tendency to rush and in the end it slows me down because I made a mistake.
I’ll try the advice you’ve given and I promise I won’t give up.
I wish I had started woodworking when I was younger and not waiting till I was 65. ha haThanks again,
Peter10 November 2015 at 3:46 am #132229I don’t think I’ve watched a lot of TV lately because I’ve been watching Paul’s videos over and over again.
I just finished his wall clock minus the clock, need to order one, and now I want to perfect the dovetail,that might take some time, and then who knows the possibilities are endless because Paul has giving us so much knowledge.
Maybe some day we can have a get together with Paul and all his followers.Pete
10 November 2015 at 3:31 am #132225I always get a kick when he says “oops”. I know it’s not a quote but it just puts a smile on my face.
Peter
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