Reply To: Identifying Meranti vs. Sapele vs. Utile (vs. Mahogany)
…you need to keep your tools sharp or it can get very dusty quite fast, there is light and dark red meranti, they have a very open grain with much…
…you need to keep your tools sharp or it can get very dusty quite fast, there is light and dark red meranti, they have a very open grain with much…
…Simon PS when I opened all those green tins of bits and bobs it smelled just like my Granddads workshop, it took me back 30 years as I stood their…
…I ever try to spread it open while I’m attempting to glue it up. I started to look after some low viscosity glue, that I could maybe use with a…
…If I understand your description correctly, it sounds like you may have to adjust the frog forward in order for the blade to clear the back of the mouth opening….
…alone couldn’t compete. Niether do I have a full set of anything. Chris Schwarz has a till-by-till description of his own single tool chest on his blog which could be…
…compensate for a skew-angle problem further down. 2 – However, the blade should slide freely in its bed – I estimate that the sideways slack on mine is less than…
I changed a few things, no1 adding an inlayed brass escutcheon, and no2 using a lid stay by brusso instead of the chain, no3 making the top till open instead…
Hi Sanford, Yes, the split peg has a small wedge driven in that opens it up and holds it in place in the hole. It’s a sort of wooden rivet…
…enemy every time when you have this filling open pictures of somebody projects if they can do it you can do it too. Frustration make you stronger a specially when…
Thanks for the replies! I’m leaning toward disassembling, ripping down the length and reglue for the larger opening. I used titebond originally so I doubt anything would stick. For the…