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A man was led astray….
What to do the first weekend in October?
I wonder if I can get to Cincinnati:
Lie Nielsen Tool event
On Saturday morning I was able to see, handle, and use some of the finest hand tools for woodworking that have ever been made. Continue reading
Sawbenches again
I have mentioned sawbenches before. Continue reading
Oh Crap! I Guess the Epoxy Was Too Hard
Fortunately, this was not my plane.
From Woodworking Magazine, following up on Won’t That Oxygen Ruin Your Plane Blade? which I linked to here.
Won’t That Oxygen Ruin Your Plane Blade?
The way I see it, unless the material I’m working is going to split my tool in half, I’ll plane it. Laminated veneer lumber? Plywood? MDF? OSB? Epoxy? Plastic resin glue? Yup, I’ve planed them all. Here’s why: It’s easier to sharpen a handplane blade than it is to sharpen the blades in my electric jointer or planer. So I think a handplane is a great tool for dealing with engineered material. This is wacky chat, I know.
From Woodworking Magazine
Coming this weekend
The limits of being period correct
After 2 feet of ripping the 5″-thick cherry, I gave up. I am generally a stubborn person, but the sawing was too slow-going to be practical. It was going to take an hour of ripping for each slab.
Senior Editor Glen Huey came into the shop. He raised one eyebrow, but he didn’t say anything about the sweat drips all over the slabs.
“I’m gonna cheat,” I said, “and I need your help.”
We humped each slab onto the band saw. In less than five minutes the deed was done. I can rationalize this a million ways: This is work for a pitsawyer. The lumberyard would have dressed these slabs for the pre-industrial woodworker.
But the bottom line was that ripping these slab[s] wasn’t fun. And that’s where I drew the line. The purists can feel free to throw stones now.
The Skansen Bench
Popular Woodworking – I Can Do That: Skansen Bench
Note that the design is period for Clann Tartan, though it is a little heavy for transporting to events.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 