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14th August 2013, 09:47 AM #91
That looks like cypress you're using there for the uprights? It cuts and planes surprisingly well if you get bits without too many large knots... You have a lot of knots. Is it working OK?
Must smell nice in the workshop at the moment though.
Matt...I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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14th August 2013, 01:23 PM #92SENIOR MEMBER
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Smells good :)
It does smell nice and I am looking forward to seeing how the wood polishes up.
The wood is working well, but hard as you can well guess. It's had 120 odd years to dry out.
Craig
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14th August 2013, 04:31 PM #93Junior Senior Member
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What sort of hand plane is that in the pic?
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14th August 2013, 05:07 PM #94SENIOR MEMBER
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John,
That'd be the LN Butt-Mortise plane. I started using it a while back for doing doors on our house while renovating. The plane, a chisel, a Stanley knife and a square did a quicker and quieter job than my router and jigs
Craig
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Somax Saw Sets
Here we go:
IMG_4481.jpg Somax Saw Sets - Blue is for fine teeth, silver for coarser. These ones have the lenses in them, which I hope not to need for many years yet!
Craig
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18th August 2013, 07:27 AM #96SENIOR MEMBER
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Tools From Japan Update!
Stuart at Tools From Japan is now selling the Somax Saw Sets on his site!!!
I know that you can get these from Canada (not with the lens, from memory), but I think the price is more than competitive
Postage took a week too, rather than 8 weeks.
Craig
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2nd September 2013, 09:46 PM #97SENIOR MEMBER
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Arrived!!!
Well,
My RakeMaker II arrived today and I am very pleased with it
I have promised myself that I will finish off my saw vice before I play with the shiny new tool
Craig
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2nd October 2013, 11:33 PM #98SENIOR MEMBER
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Update
Well,
I've changed the design of my saw vice and will try to finish that over the coming long weekend. Last weekend I had a bit of a go at making a new saw handle to replace on of the misc unidentified saws I picked up from the auction that led me to down the slope into saw addiction...
This was a trial run using a bit of misc hardwood I had in the shed to see if I could do this. I varied slightly from the TGIAG template to cater for the forstner bits I own as well as how I wanted the details on the handle to look.
New Handle 01.jpg Small panel saw, with TGIAG plan and handle blank.
New Handle 04.jpg Handle roughed out on bandsaw.
New Handle 05.JPG Me spending quality time with the handle and a rasp.
New Handle 08.jpg The ever-watchful eyes of my resident QC expert and my No. 1 little helper.
New Handle 09.jpg Handle taking shape.
New Handle 13.jpg Handle, still in need of some sanding and minus the slot and holes.
I really like the feel of this handle and will be using a variation of it on the saw when I create the actual handle. I am really tempted to get hold of some she oak for the real deal.
Craig
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3rd October 2013, 07:52 AM #99
Craig, that's a pretty impressive effort for a first try! But a bit of advice based on prior experience: When you do the real thing, cut your blade slot & drill the bolt holes before you do any serious shaping. If things go pear-shaped during these steps, as they sometimes do, you haven't wasted a whole morning!
Cheers,IW
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Good advice!
Thanks Ian!
That's a real compliment coming from you, and great advice! I will do that on the next attempt.
I was disappointed when I saw the imperfections in the wood, but persisted so that I got some practice with the shaping of the handle. This has given me the confidence to move on to a bit of better wood, before I go out and try on a nice bit of she oak . I should track down a forstner bit that will fit the saw nuts that I have set aside for this saw (purchased from Blackburn Tools - Thanks Isaac!).
Craig
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saw nuts and handle
I agree with Ian, that is a pretty good handle.
I've just rehabbed a tenon saw and fitted it with Blackburn Tools' saw nuts. His saw nuts are the real deal.
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Blackburn saw nuts
You're welcome, Craig. The praise is deserved.
I bought one medallion as it was needed to replace the original. Fitted as easily as the saw nuts. I used spade bits to clean out the holes in the handle as my Forstners are metric.
I didn't engrave the medallion as I fitted it to a re-hab, however, if I made a saw (successfully) I might be tempted to add my initials. Such vanity!
Paul
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3rd October 2013, 06:25 PM #104
Homesy should be shaming me for not getting my ass in gear ... he did a great job filing two saws tuesday a week ago ...
First this monster ... we should have taken a 'before' shot ... it was all over the place.
It gave new meaning to the words 'variable pitch' ...
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and this is the backsaw that came out really well ...
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