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well, i have a project that i intend to complete within 6 months. i bought this draw knife and it was missing a handle! so i grabbed a block of african mahogany to make into handles. this will be my first attempt at making handles and i plan to do everything without the use of power tools so i look forward to having two different sized handles.
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went to the store today looking for something for some tool handles and found a 3x3x6 piece of verawood. this stuff is beautiful and heavy. every face is different and i cant wait to see this thing finished. this thing weighs a good 4-5 lbs. the guy at the shop showed me a mallet he turned out of a slightly longer piece and it was gorgeous. he told me it took him 2.5 hours to turn and he had to sharpen his tools 3 times. so i think im just going to make a rectangular mallet head out of it… eventually     My Spirit Otter fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Dec 2, 2023 |
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huh, i never even thought of that. granted my hardwood purchases have been limited to north american species until today but im glad you mentioned that because im definitely going to check before purchasing exotic hardwoods.
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Ethics_Gradient posted:Speaking of planing, if there's any interest, I'll post about the japanning process when I try it for the first time - it's the traditional black finish used on old hand planes and other tools, as well as Model T's, etc. You can buy anodised black aluminium for doing tintypes these days for quite cheap, but I'm going to try and take a piece of sheet metal from the body of an old truck, flatten it, cut it down, japan it, then take a picture of said truck on it. i have a couples old planes im restoring so im definitely interested in how you do it.
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it'll definitely be easier to sand in one piece. just make sure you wear a dustmask, you really dont want to breathe that varnish in
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Dec 9, 2023 04:02
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milwaukee makes one that slays rear end. ive cut so much conduit and uchannel with this and its great
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Dec 13, 2023 20:44
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crossposting from the cursed thread
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Wasabi the J posted:nice crapper but that's stone. jesus it is, it looked like wood on my phone, whoops
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Ethics_Gradient posted:Speaking of planing, if there's any interest, I'll post about the japanning process when I try it for the first time out of curiousity, any update on this?
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Skunkduster posted:I've never used a tusk tenon (had to look it up) so this might be a dumb question, but doesn't that stickout of the tenon create a knee/thigh/shin banging hazard? the portable moravian workbench is a good example of tusk tenons 
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next time use the god of degreasers: brake cleaner
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gonna have to post pics of them cabinetz so we can see what we’re working with
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NomNomNom posted:great work! I have a spokeshave but don't enjoy using it. Feels like it clogs every stroke. sounds like you might have too much blade protruding
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Leperflesh posted:Gonna just crosspost this thread and the yospos thread now, but: paging Sockington for some divider content im insanely jealous
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PokeJoe posted:yeah actually they're right the combination square will likely be more useful than a speed square for your purposes. I end up using my speed square a lot as a little fence for my circular saw so I grab it a lot but it is indeed more for carpentry / 2x4esque type builds. it doesn't sound like you're going to be doing too much of that yea, once i stopped framing, i found my speed square liked to gather dust
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go as big as you can get. you can always rip a 2x12 down to 2x4 but you cant do the opposite
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what kind of laser are you using?
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salt walter can dissolve superglue as well, albeit slower
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dont overlook rigid, they make(maybe made, ive been out of the trades for a few years and havent kept up with tool quality as much) good tools. all of their portable motorized tools ive used have always lasted forever
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out of curiosity, i know old delta shop tools are second to none, but i havent heard anything about delta beyond the 90s. they still have that reputation?
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