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Letter Knife Mk 2
April 19, 2009

You may want to forget the letter knife I posted here last week. Although it was a nice knife (if you had murder on your mind), it was nothing like…
Update on heel shaves
April 17, 2009

I put a post on FWW in my search for some heel shaves. My search has been good and hopefully I will find a few more for other chairmakers. Thought…
Un-sticking Bessey clamsp?
April 16, 2009

I have a few Bessey clamps (the old-style ones with the wooden handle) that have gunk all over the bars - dried glue, paint, and the like. I know, I…
Refinishing a Stanley #22
April 13, 2009

All, A few years ago I purchased a Stanley #22 plane. I pulled it out of it's storage location the other day and began to wonder, Should I restore the…
The Galoots Way
April 13, 2009

My brother's 50th birthday is coming up soon. He lives in Sydney and my wife, son and I will fly in for surprise party in a couple of weeks. What…
Round scrubs
April 13, 2009

While scanning the tube with my Pete's Wicked in hand, I ended up on a rather pathetic "everything you wanted to know about planes, sharpening and chisels in 30 minutes…
A little more of the woodshop rebuild.
April 12, 2009

This began as a cabinet to house rasps and files. My small selection of Aurio rasps and a few others, including rifflers and round files, were kept in a leather…
Wood for testing hand planes?
April 10, 2009

David Charlesworth likes to use English Elm for tuning and testing hand planes suggesting it is a smooth straightgrained wood ideal for planing. Of the commonly available U.S. species, what…
Panel saw.
April 10, 2009

Hello all, i Have a question that hopefully someone on this web site can answer. i have a panel saw sitting in my workshop that has come from one of…
Cleaning a 45
April 10, 2009

I purchased a Stanley 45, it's in reasonable shape. The screws all turn but the fences were seized on the fence. I was able to tap them off, so it's…

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