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Card Scrapers
December 22, 2008

I've been trying to sharpen a couple of card scrapers. I've watched the video's and read all the archives I could find and would be pulling my hair out if…
Edged tools vs. Bondo = Bad News?
December 21, 2008

Hi, I am working on flattening the top of a patternmaker's bench my neighbor got on Craigslist. There are a number of divots, ranging from 1/4 inch drill bit sized…
Usefulness of Stanley 112
December 21, 2008

There's a Stanley 112 scraper plane for sale not toooo far from me. I'm not much in the mood for paying just for a collectible. Is the 112 all that…
End of the Mortise and Tenon joint
December 21, 2008

Friends, This is a very sad time for all of us. Our old friend, the mortise and tenon joint is dead. All of us are interested in only the finest…
class to learn hand planes
December 20, 2008

hi, i'm quite new to woodworking, but i've developed quite an interest in handplanes. i don't really know what i'm doing with them, but i sure do seem to enjoy working with…
More planes
December 20, 2008

I completed two more wooden 'prototypes': both are bedded at 45*, a 9.5" smoother and 14" jack. Then I decided (finally!) to try some metal work. I had enough brass…
First Shavings!
December 19, 2008

When the point a new telescope to the stars for the first time they call it "first light" I decided to see what all this "plane talk" was about and…
Primitive carving
December 18, 2008

I have a Gimson-like oak coffee table (a short-legged library table in fact) on my to-do list. It will have some primitive carved motifs and a hay raker stretcher; possibly…
Philadelphia Side Chair
December 18, 2008

  I'm making two of the chairs featured in #186. I have never done anything similar to most of the carvings featured on the back splat so I made a…
Granite worktop lapping plate
December 18, 2008

Hey all, I've just got a piece of granite work top that i wanted to use with wet/dry sandpaper as a lapping plate to flatten my waterstones and to check…

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