Reply To: Sharpening Stones (3×8)
…a Wood river 4 1/2 smoothing plane for Christmas so the stones I have now won’t work being that they are too narrow. Please keep testing your new stones and…
…a Wood river 4 1/2 smoothing plane for Christmas so the stones I have now won’t work being that they are too narrow. Please keep testing your new stones and…
I read an article recently in a recent Woodcraft magazine. It was comparing methods of rust removal. They liked electrolysis the best and say it is the safest for the…
…it to the leg and to the backrest if the grain orientation is all vertical. Best to make a test piece from pine and see if you like it first….
This is my latest project and as title says favourite one. I made it for my little girl and any day now she will come home and fill it up….
Ok for some reason I had real difficulty with this project, mainly because I used a hunk of really soft pine. It just shatters at the edges when planing down…
…with either the stone or the plate surface. That is the best test that I can think of. If you do that, be sure to use a guide for consistency….
Stock prep only gets relaxing when you start having success, and not pressure to get it done “now”. To much pressure and sharp plane I find is the fastest way…
David, I recently reground a plane iron to 30 degrees simply by setting my compass to 30 degrees and used a file to cut the angle back to 30. Its…
[quote quote=715052]What about trying some cushioning material between the screw and rod. (leather?, copper? ) (not tested)[/quote] that was something I was going to try, the slop is about ~1/32…
…depth stop is almost in line, but once tightened, it goes out of perpendicular.” What about trying some cushioning material between the screw and rod. (leather?, copper? ) (not tested)…