Sven-Olof Jansson

Very good (Scandinavian, I guess) construction, which I will be happy to see evolve into a complete workshop.

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Many thanks for sharing, Matt!

It looks very nice, and hopefully it will find its uses.

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Well, at the end of the day I think the best is to insulate the whole shop, but that of course would be a bit of a project. So how about an insulated tools “wardrobe” on castors? With two small frost guards (temperature watches) screwed to the floor, and free spaces above, front and back, the warmth can spread between shelves and drawers. A cheap…[Read more]

Sorry for possibly spoiling your plans, but without insulation and a temperature constantly above 12 – 15 ºC, there might be a very clear risk for corrosion, should your tools be kept in your new workshop.

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Thanks Matt!

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Thankfully Larry answered your question, because where we live the opportunities of getting access to a cyclotrone vastly exceed those of finding a workshop (by which I want to say that I find Cambridge MA just fabulous); and without a workshop there hasn’t been need to find a supplier of wood.

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Hej Dave,

As a high-quality new router plane, ready to use from the box, is ≈$140 – $160, seventy dollars for one in need of restoration seems a bit rich; though less so than some >$100 items that I’ve seen on e-bay.

Accepting the higher prices for “top-notch” new tools has for me been associated with a blessing in disguise: the tool is never t…[Read more]

Over the years, I’ve used not that small amount of PAR round-over 45 mm thick Scandinavian construction spruce. The round-over has always been 5 mm. In addition, I have watched the manufacturing process, which is essentially ripping to width and thickness, and then finishing with planing and rounding over – all in one go. For a very short period…[Read more]

Very interesting question, Laci!

Assuming the area of the head of an aluminium sash bar is 12.5 cm2, and the stronger assumption of the manufacturers’ claims on 250 Kg as maximal pressure, clamping pressure would be 20 Kgcm-1. Vacuum bagging pressure would – depending on barometric pressure – be around 1 Kgcm-1, evenly distributed, which I suspe…[Read more]

Some mortice chisels (e.g. Lie-Nielsen, Ece) have flat sides. When used with a guide, that property goes a long way to improve my mortising.

Robert Sorby chisels I believe were used in some of the early WWMC projects. Mine required a bit of preparation before use.

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With or without a honing guide, a skew bevel or edge easily occurs. You have probably noticed that as the edge is hammered down the bevel pushes the iron along the mortice breaking the “chop” free. A skew bevel will inevitably twist the chisel during that push, no matter what.

Being at best an acceptably mediocre woodworker, I find mortising…[Read more]

In addition to Veritas there are also Clifton planes, and until my first Lie-Nielsen 5½ I was equally happy with either brand. Now I notice the tiny differences in attention to detail favouring the US made ones. They all plane the same, though.

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Congratulations to an impressive piece of cabinet making, Eric!

European standards, which I believe UK follows, call for studs to be 45 mm thick (in reality often 1¾” [manufacturers being reluctant to invest in new machinery]) with 600 mm between them, allowing for standardised 555 mm wide insulation sheets.

Now, there have to be exceptions -…[Read more]

In North America poplar might be a compromise between price, quality, and ease to work on.

I’ve never come across inexpensive hardwood in Europe, and therefore suggest Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris)from Northern Europe, or Siberian Larch.

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