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Some time ago, meaning probably a decade + I did several blogs on here of the maths of hand planes. Unfortunately they were lost with an upgrade. Suffice to say I did the calculations for how much...

Rob as you've worked out from using the BR 7 it is likely concave and it then follows that you have to skew the plane to get the hump in the middle down in the compensating passes. You won't have to...

I uploaded a video of the blue spotting on the finished plane here. Good even coverage except for the hollow under the tote. Pin on Pins by you

Rob, the way I blue the soles a straight edge would not be much use - too narrow. I pivot the plane on the plate both to blue it evenly and see where it hinges. Swinging one end will see a pivot...

Thanks Martin. It is when we’re talking about scraping. It takes time to remove the metal. If I’m taking fine shavings say 0.04mm and the plane is concave by the same amount you see what will...

Just finished scraping another US Stanley #7.
It's a bit of horror when I see the bluing just touching high points on the sole only at the heel and toe. Feeler gauge suggested a hollow of at...

Just a correction, I believe that's on Day 3. I've just finished day 2 today, it's disgusting. At one point Angela van den Bogerd had said so often that she wasn't really associated much with that...

Hi Michael thanks for the photos though they do not in my mind clarify what the heck is happening there. I will just note that the drawer photo shows damage only on the bottom of both the lower and...

This is mainly for the technology. Final run is at 8:30.
https://youtu.be/9pEqyr_uT-k?si=IIIWi2Gm9ZKVVDN-

Is it only the door of the freezer? A wider shot to give a bit more context where the damage is would help. A bit of topical steam is neither here nor there but the bottom of a freezer door will be...

I’m scraping another #7 🤪. I came across this video last night and it’s how I imagine and dream about scraping the #7. (Any job I’m about to do always gets overly enlarged in my imagination 🤪...

Well Ian, you can get away with saying controversial things :). The tote could be a little plumper and my index finger misses a place to sit but otherwise the tote and knob are pretty much the same...

Gravity. Oh and no earth quakes. :q

Lol. You can't hurry these things:;

The bottles are only convenient when you're only doing small jobs like boxes and bedsides since the storage bottle is also the dispenser and it's tidy.

Yes even before the scraping! And the scraping takes at least one good solid day each, usually spread over a few days.

I have a premonition it will be some time in May 2024:)

Thanks! If you're serious about tuning up some planes just talk to me:U. The aftermarket blades in my #3, #4, #5, #5 1/2 and #6 are the woodwork forum order from 2009 that Thumbsucker and DJ...

It's only taken 20 years to finish tuning my set of planes, with the scraping of my biggest three. The #7 I have posted about recently required the purchase of a bigger granite surface plate, but...

You will certainly gain by removing the 100mm flex obstruction in the 150mm but my concern is that the air speed through the guard will not be enough to divert the high speed chips into the...

I don't understand this. Is the 100mm flex just an end floating loosely in the 150mm? I could understand if the 100mm flex is still plumbed in and you get an auxilliary suction from the surrounding...

Yes shellac will stick to almost anything. But if you mean can you FP over it, then you have to ask questions about the prep. Was the grain filled before the acrylic finish? Is the finish free of...

Ok you misunderstand what I mean by layers, let's change it to iterations

Yes I believe it was! But it was a long time ago. Thanks for that

Once I switched to making the cover for my rubber out of linen and using paraffin oil I achieved really good results. I used to dip it in the shellac but then I saw someone using a tomato sauce...

I think it’s what our Divine Sovereign recommends

Like the rest of you I thought it was an unorthodox method. I wonder if he has confused crushed whiting and pumice? I've never heard of pumice as a grain filler, leastwise with wax. When I was...

How do you watch it?

Looks like walnut to me and the black spots I agree look like mould. Occasionally that spotting could be from iron filing contamination but it looks more like mould. It could be a veneered board. ...

You really should write a book on bowl turning and call it The Joy of Bowls, or something. :D

The best timber for longevity would be powder coated aluminium:;. Seriously though you should use H4 treated pine, or a class 1 durability in ground contact hardwood like ironbark or Tallowwood. ...

Here 'tis:):)
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Grey Box has mechanical properties around or surpassing buxus, although I doubt it is a joy to work, but I...

Still, it looks crisp! Blue gum’s usually quite red but that looks like a mahogany colour, photo colour balance?

Possibly Common Myrtle Myrtus communis less likely Brazilian Cherry.

Ideally your table insert should be tight enough to prevent all but the thinnest slivers going into the guard. And you risk having to dismantle part of the ducting to get a blockage out. If they do...

Very good wooden hinge on the cabinet too

I watched the Mr Bates vs the post office dramatisation, but not following the actual events. I liked the series.

Chill out mate, I was posing a simple question. No need to jump down my throat. Your post was written very much like you were replicating Rob’s jig. And in previous threads where you’ve suggested...

Making one for your own use is one thing, selling them is quite another. Have you checked with Rob that you’re not violating some IP?

Really really great job Rob! Now I see the restored original parts the one you replaced with walnut looks a lot like Sapele veneers I have here. But your colour matching is amazing.

One of my reasons for wanting to improve the scrubbing efficiency of the cleaner is that I had to recirculate DE air this summer (although I have very good and large pleated filters and plastic...

Thanks Bob. I usually have a couple of ducts fitted that blow down low and stir up the air but I don't know if that will be effective with the new filter arrangement since the flow isn't as strong.

Years and years ago we had a ducted aircon that originally came from the Ark when Noah had finished with it. It was superseded by split systems years and years ago too. Being me, I wanted to clean...

It's my cunning plan to have a bunch of timber for Shoji doors dressed:;

I finished the scraping today to a standard that is good enough for a hand plane. I have good planarity across the toe,...

That's annoying sorry. Here is a similar longer video that goes into more detail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=j3_yl-GWSZ7IxHxT&v=LAz8LbWz5aw&feature=youtu.be

Scraping my #7's sole began today. It's a wartime US Stanley and quite a bit concave and not useable. I started filing away the ends this afternoon with a square second cut file and then switched...

You know, possibly a better way to kerf in this case is on the outer side of the curve. Have a look at #woodworking #builder #build#carpenter #trending #fyp - YouTube

if you colour and grain...

If you want to do it by kerfing you can do it very simply by handsaw and a bit of mathematics. If you want to do it on a table saw try and use a blade with no more than a 1.5mm kerf. In fact 1.5mm...

Gee I wish I read that before I bought my anemometer

You need a steam bending strap to stop the cracking like in the link https://www.instagram.com/p/B-4mLm8HQ_V/. It transfers the tension on the outside into more compression on the inside. You might...