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This typing of UK Stanley planes was recently posted n the UK forum (but created by a US collector) ...

Stanley English Type Study Draft | TimeTestedTools

Regards from Perth (holidaying in NZ)...

To add to this thread, positioning the Cleaner is important. I did a fair amount of research some years back, as well as discussion here, and the consensus was that the machine needed to be to the...

Comment on the grain direction

One point I have not drawn attention to, but was important for me, is the grain direction throughout this build.

If you look at the arms and legs, the grain has...

Norio

I purchased the Stanton locks but never used them once I built a hinge. The first hinge I made was out of nylon cutting boards ...
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Hi Norio

My advice is a little different from what you may have asked and expected, and basically is that you change focus and direction.

I built a MFT about 18 months ago, and went through the...

Chief, this is what was the state of the Hans Wegner chair intersection, and what I expect is the case now ..

https://i.postimg.cc/DyHjvFXq/The-Chair-Shaping-Arms-Back-Part2-html-53c60744.jpg
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The Arms (part 2)


This is a last post before I return from three weeks being dragged over New Zealand mountains by my wife and her family. I used the Easter Weekend to get as much done as...

Home run, indeed. We fly off to New Zealand tomorrow for three weeks, and I have been using the Easter Weekend to get as much done as possible. Could do with a sit down. :)

Regards from Perth
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A little more as it is getting closer.

The first step is to align all the arms and mortices ...

https://i.postimg.cc/y6SCdTPw/Arm40.jpg

There was a lot of scribing, fitting, scribing and...

Arms - part 1


The key piece is the top rail, and the key element here is the rear curve. Here it is smoothed on the belt sander. It will be a reference side for marking curves ...

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Regards from Perth

Derek

I will be using 10mm Jarrah dowels. The reason for this, rather than dominos, is that there is no reference surface to align a Domino, and chopping a mortise is too risky. The positioning for dowels...

More of the arm jigsaw


Here is the work done today, which was preparing the arms before shaping. Critical work, and the day went well. This was mainly due to working methodically. Looking back...

Beginning the arms and backs

The legs and seats are done and it is time to move to the arms and backs. Once again, the chair to provide a context of where we are headed ...

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Jono, I omitted to compliment you on your version. My apology. Actually think that your blade holder would be better than the Veritas here as the magnets are stronger.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Hi Jono

I used this method, utilising the Veritas small plane jig and a bench grinder with the Tormek BGM-100 guide, in 2010 ...
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I cannot imagine paying sums like that for a book, especially one on woodworking. But all is relative. Some cannot look at new "premium" planes without considering them an extravagence.

About 15...

Jim Kingshott wrote about the Stanley #51/52 copy he built in his book “Making and Modifying Woodworking Tools”. Plans available .... Now out of print ... a few years ago a copy was selling for...

Jim Kingshott passed away in 2001, aged 71 years. (I never heard anyone refer to him as "Uncle Jim" - that must be the current YT poster).

Here is something he built ...
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I did notice, about 2 or 3 weeks ago, that Jim Kingshott's videos had appeared on YouTube. He is just so special, not the least as Jim was one of my inspirations around 25+ years ago. Experience and...

Was this builder quoting off a plan, or just responding in a general manner to a general question?

Regards from Perth

Derek

https://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolRestorations/Restoring%20a%20Stanley%205152_html_655bf215.jpg


https://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolRestorations/Restoring%20a%20Stanley%205152_html_m5a16979b.jpg
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Rusty, I agree 100% with you. I am trusting that the small amount of taper inside the mortises will add an extra layer of solidness.

I snuck into the workshop to unclamp the glue up. Lynndy caught...

Nice Graeme. They is not the Maloof Low Back Chair, but has similarities.

I did consider this joinery at the start when looking to design the first lot of chairs. It was just not minimalistic...

Rusty, good questions.

I am not sure if the photo provided must detail, but the wedges are tapers, but also long and skinny ...
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Graeme, we did essentially the same. The only difference was you mortised before the tapering, while I mortised after tapering. We both did the profiling of the oval/round later.

In my case, the...

Thanks CT!

I used the block plane (set up with a high cutting angle to prevent tearout) as it had more reference surface than a spokeshave. If you start the planing over the mortice, this provides...

Today we reached the milestone I was patiently (okay, not so patiently) waiting for - glueing up the legs and seats. To get to this stage, however, required matching the mortices with the loose...

Yo Matt, I hope I did not come across as a whinge - that was not my intent, just trying convey the complexity of this build. The progress has exceeded my expectations.

The plan this weekend is...

Neil, I am so envious of you having been to that exhibition! I did get to the Pinakothek Der Moderne in Munich in 2019, and that was a wonder!! Filled with Bau Haus items and furniture. Gad, I was in...

I must admit that this is an unusual build for me. I literally do not know what I am doing ... insofar as I have to keep returning to parts to refine and refine them. That is what is so time...

When I began this build, I looked at the legs of this chair and recognised that they were curved, tapered and oval. Well, oval at the top and round at the bottom ...
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New Legs


Every time I sit down to write up the progress made I feel like apologising for how little there is to show for the efforts made. I have made this observation before - it is tough to...

I have had my Hammer N4400 for about 10 or 12 years now. About 2 years ago the tyre began slipping off and so I concluded that it was time for a replacement, and ordered one of the blue urethane...

A while back I began using a DW500 for loose tenon joinery. That is, requiring mortices wider than the standard dominos. Looking for a way to mark these accurately, I used this little marker to build...

Time to finish the seats ... sort of ... well, very close.


This is where we start - two seats completed on the upper side ...


https://i.postimg.cc/x1hh0MQJ/Build33.jpg


Looking at the...

New price is $834 Rose Sheoak or blackwood Screw Mortise Marking Gauge – HNT Gordon & Co. Classic Planemakers Australia

Regards from Perth

Derek

You could use the Makita in a router table by adding a Router Raizer, or equivalent (as I am not sure they are still being made/sold). There are examples on YouTube. I have the RR, MC and an Elu...

Hi Derek

Yes, but not so much "chewed up" as slightly shorter and a little fuzzy. Not enough to send a clear message, but enough to notice later. I shall re-site it. That last clean cut was...

Jack, this was a result of not tightening the blade nut fully. The blade was able to wobble and it scored the inside of the chassis (those grinding marks seen earlier).

Regards from Perth

Derek

SOLVED!!!

I was convinced by now it was the blade. Taking a closer look at the teeth ... can you spot it?

https://i.postimg.cc/VkbmdFVq/8.jpg

In case you are blind as a bat ....
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It may be the blade ... how could I check this without another blade (and noting that the thin blade did not play well)? I shall try and find another blade?


Regards from Perth


Derek

Recall, I mentioned this at the start. The blade had not been fully tightened down, and power was stopped as soon as I heard the sound of the blade hitting the aluminium chassis. My concern (in...

EB, that is the case when ripping, and taking as thick a cut as possible. I only use this saw for crosscutting, and when the wood is thick, I will take a few cuts to reduce the demands made on the...

I am also puzzled by the burning from the thin blade. I had not used it before now.

The blade is set up square. The cuts are square.

Here is a kerf cut in MDF. The kerf should be 2.8mm wide....

Graeme, it does not sound like a worn bearing is creating play - I cannot hear or feel this. I only thought of it as a possibility when brain storming possibilities.

I believe I am cutting the...

No play in any part of the saw bracket.

I keep coming back to a bearing (but there is no unusual noise) or play in the arbor - I can feel a minute but of play with the blade off, but not with it...

Last weekend a friend came around for help in building a cabinet for a bathroom. The top is a 2" thick Jarrah slab with a live edge. Sawing the ends was a task for my tracksaw, and I set this up and...

Absolutely not, RN. I was going to make a joke, but the truth is that I am really enjoying the challenge of this chair, but it is also a lot more work than I imagined.

When I started out, it was...

Thanks Martin. PM sent.

Cheers

Derek