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Thanks all.

Two more questions if that's OK...

Would any kind of pure oil (e.g. pure tung oil rather than tung oil finish) do the job?

Does boiled linseed oil come ready-boiled or does one...

Hi all,

I'm making a small pine stool, and was wondering what kind of oil would be best to finish it. The wood is a light yellow with golden stripes, very beautiful in my opinion.

I'm looking...

Cheers all！

I reckon that'd possibly make a good beginners' project - making your own carpenter's square using two pieces of wood, eyesight and trial and error.

Hi all,

I'm interested in the history of woodworking, and recently as I've been squaring up some pine at home it occured to me that I am totally reliant on my industrially-manufactured carpenter's...

Thanks again, Stu.

I couldn't open the link for some reason most likely connected with my internet connection, but the info you put in your post was exactly what I was looking for.

As a side...

Cheers guys.

The reason I asked incidentally is that I've heard the Sigma 6000 is finer than the Norton 8000, and on the razor forums they often say a Norton 8000 is a reasonable beginners razor...

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a list of micron ratings for Sigma waterstones?

Cheers.

Great! Looking forward to it...:)

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the reply.

That wasn't quite the two kinds I meant. I think the proper way to say it is "shouldered tenon" versus a "shoulderless tenon".

Hi all,

I am currently planning to make a small stool which uses mortise and tenon joints (imitating the ones in my apartment). I was wondering whether the kind of tenon used is important.

More...

Cheers for the help gents.

I have pictures of huon, celery top and kauri pine in my DK woodworking book, I'll take it with me to the wood market and see what I can find.

Hi all,

In the attachment are photos of 3 pieces of wood which I got for free from the local woodworking club. They were all described as pine, but are all quite different.

Are they indeed all...

Hi Paul,

Download capacity shouldn't be a problem. Restricted access the only difficulty:rolleyes:

Thanks everyone.

Regarding classes, there's not really much going on in Shanghai. The guys at my club taught me how to adjust a Chinese plane, and let me have a go at some Western and Japanese...

Cheers Paul :)

Do I need to open an account with fine woodworking to view the articles?

I can read PDFs with my computer.

Btw, read on the wikipedia website that Jack planes can be used as a...

Thanks for the ideas guys.

I just tried vimeo, no luck this time. I'll do some research into a Google drive, that's the first I've heard of it! (I'm a bit of a behind with this kind of thing...)...

Thanks Derek.

I'll look into getting that DVD - I think a visual guide would be useful. There's probably stuff on YouTube related to dimensioning, but it's still blocked here in China :(

As for...

Having read through the thread again, there's one more point I think it'd be good to hear some opinion on.

To my understanding, a blade needs to go back to the sharpening station for two reasons: ...

Cheers Paul,

I tried searching "dimensioning" on the search function but didn't find what I was looking for. I'll start reading up on the links you gave me.

Hi mrmoon,

Thanks for the reply. If possible could I ask a follow-up question?

You said to sight down the board and decide whether wood needs to be removed from the middle or the ends, right? ...

Hi all,

I was hoping to get some advice about dimensioning wood. I have found getting the edges flat generally OK, but faces a bit trickier.

The plane I use is a 400 mm Chinese plane (like the...

Ha ha!

In response to what the thread is about, I have heard people say that a coarser edge requires less maintenance than a finer edge. That is, you'll be going back to the sharpening station more often to...

Cheers guys.

OK, so I think a full housing joint might be the best option, and doable with the tools I have.

Hi all,

I'm planning to make a simple toolbox for myself, and am thinking about how to join the base to the sides of the box.

My idea was to use through dovetails to do this (as well as using...

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I decided to go for the inline vise from my second post in the end. My plan is to attach it to my dining table and see what happens - nothing ventured, nothing gained...

Cheers for going and doing the experiment RV :-) Next will be to compare 1500 vs 4000...

Oh, just found this vise on the Lee Valley website. Maybe I coul just attach this to my dining room table instead (when the girlfriend's out of course:)

In-Line Vise - Lee Valley Tools

Hi,

I've decided that I'd like to do most of my woodworking at home, as my club's workshop is a 3 hour round trip from my flat.

My idea is to get a wooden table from IKEA and attach a vice to...

So, perhaps it could be an idea to give different tools different edges as well as different edge angles?

So, a chisel used for paring could be at 25 degrees and to 6000# fineness, whereas a...

Hi Ben,

I guess I'm just interested in the process of a blade going from keen to dull, and I had noticed some people arguing that a very keen blade will very quickly need to be resharpened, whilst...

Hi Ben,

A fine India stone is #600 and I've had a few people tell me they use that as their finest stone.

I hope maybe some of those guys can join in this thread!

Hi everyone,

I've found this topic has been mentioned on some threads before, and people's opinions have been varied. I was hoping we could collect the ideas together here.

My question is:
...

Hey,

I bought the stone on Lee Valley's website advertised as 90/600# AlOx. When it arrived it turned out to be a Norton coarse/fine India combo stone.

So, it seems to me that a Norton coarse...

Hey Chook,

Here are two articles discussing performances of different waterstones, one from a forum member, one from Lee Valley. Might be interesting for you.


Waterstone testing, the results....

The oilstone is this one:

Aluminum Oxide Oil Stones - Lee Valley Tools

I found this article with some different ideas on cleaning oilstones:

Cleaning an Old Oil Stone | Norse Woodsmith

I particularly liked the idea of boiling them in water with baking soda.
...

Hi,

Interesting that you can clean oilstones by soaking them in hot water.

Could I ask whether people think this would help to remove smashed abrasive particles and steel shards, or whether it...

Hi RV,

Cheers for the response. Can I confirm with you what the verb "blot" means?

Hi,

Today I lapped and honed a new chisel, using a 400# SiC stone, and then my 1000# and 6000# AlOx combo stone. For all I used camellia oil as the lubricant (it's quite cheap here and smells...

Hey RV,

I've decided to get a basic sharpening skill set down before I start making things, so the only woodwork I do is on my test piece of pine.

I'm keen to get a perfectly flat, scratch-free...

The ones I've tried with the vinegar have been manganese steel and what I assume is some kind of cheap carbon steel. I may try HSS in the future, once I've got some high-quality ceramic stones

Hi everyone,

What do you think about the idea of using citric acid or acetic acid to remove lacquer from blades? I tried it and it seemed to do the job quite well, although it made the blade look...

Hi,

I've been using the stone to lap a plane blade, and have discovered that the 1000# goes out of flat quite quickly. I don't expect anyone will be much surprised by this.

Anyhow, good, now I...

Well, the stone is doing kinda what I expected (although coming from me that doesn't mean much:))

The 1000 turned the rough factory scratches into finer scratches, and the 6000 gave a quite shiny...

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had some tips for learning to sharpen freehand. I have a Veritas Mark 2 honing guide, but it seems to me that free handing is a basic skill that I should...

Cheers, Brett. I reckon just a plastic brush will be fine, I'm not too worried about the blade looking good for now.

Hi guys,

Jill mentioned the black marks left after removing rust with acid looking terrible. I have also had this experience when using acetic acid rather than citric acid.

Do the black marks...

Re Derek's comment, the BE chisels I got do have quite thick blades, using the photos in my DK book as a reference point, their thickness is intermediate between the BE chisels and the mortise...

To the topic of lacquer thinner, does anyone know if nail lacquer remover works for removing lacquer from steel? Got some at home, the first three ingredients are acetone, water and glycerin if that...