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…clamped, square shoulders will yield a square assembly. Once again the compression of the wood will compensate for a misaligned mortise and tenon. Hard wood assemblies are far less forgiving….
…clamped, square shoulders will yield a square assembly. Once again the compression of the wood will compensate for a misaligned mortise and tenon. Hard wood assemblies are far less forgiving….
…strop with green compound, if it’s a very fine edge I then go to the beech strop with white compound. I have a fixed sharpening station it’s a small table…
…well. I, however, am also an old-time/antique hand-tool addict. In my collection, I have a Stanley 45 combination plane, and the equivalent Sargent 78 (79?). I’m also keeping an eye…
…a few mortises. Please note, here are two videos on: [button size=”large” type=”primary” link=”https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/2015/09/making-an-arch-template/”]How to make an arch template video[/button] [button size=”large” type=”primary” link=”https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/2015/09/making-a-small-square//”]How to make a small square video[/button]…
…slope is accentuated, the tip of the blades comes out of the plane, which does not make it functional. If the tips of the blades do not come out of…
Austin, You may have a Stanley Gage ‘auto-setting’ smoothing plane Type 1.perhaps early 1920’s Here is some info https://virginiatoolworks.com/2014/05/19/stanley-gage-planes-history-and-type-study/ https://workingbyhand.wordpress.com/tag/gage/ and it is similar to item ST49 onhttp://www.supertool.com/forsale/listm2015.html Enjoy! John…
…Again, no guarantees, because this is also how you remove the burr and it might come off before you feel it. Yes, sometimes you’ll see a thin wire come off,…
…protractor heads. I had an old (very) cheap combo square that I did not like or trust (and trust is very important). The Starrett is at least twice as heavy…
Not sure, George. Looks like a copy of a stanley 220, and from that it appears complete. A few possibilities… The back of the lever cap looks to be in…
…are the replacement for the cheap Aldi-like chisels I tried before. They come with a nicely shaped handle, the varnishing is well made. One chisel got a very slight belly…