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Finishing the small stand
In between family diners for Easter and etc, managed to get some work done on the small stand.Starting to ease the edges in , blending the repairsThe previously re-glued tabletop with PVA glue was...
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The plane makers of Roxton Pond Quebec, Canada
There was of course Planes and tool makers established in the big urban centers, Montreal (Dawson, Wallace) and Quebec city (VA Emond) but in late19th century, part of Canada's hand tools production...
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The Plane makers of Roxton Pond Part 2 Stanley Tools of Canada
In the first part, we looked at the pioneers plane makers who started the tradition in Roxton Pond.Early in the 20th century, a fire and an unexpected auction outcome with a visionary clergyman...
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Siegley or Stanley?
I blog about the Siegley planes before, I happened to have two (2) in my collection.I have  a No 5 Jack plane and Combination plane No 2.My two (2) Siegley, Stanley made in New Britain or Roxton Pondin...
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Real men don't read instructions...
They fake it! ...There I said it! :-)Our weather has been pretty good for a while, which means lots of outside works in our yard to attend to.This year, the plan is to cut down trees around the...
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Another deed done...
Heather was an avid African violet grower, and she was hoping to make it to one more African Violet Society of Canada (AVSC) convention, in Calgary AB 2016, to see her violets friends one last...
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Back from Buffalo, New York
As mentioned recently, we went to Buffalo NY for the combined American and Canadian African Violets Societies convention.This was only my second visit there, I went thru quickly back in 1979 while I...
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What I brought back and update
If I told you I did not brought back any tool, would you believed me? Probably not... :-)But like Isaid earlier, while I shop for woodworking related tools and products in the States, I tend to stick...
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Stanley's 700 series chisels
The ones that became the inspiration for Lie-Nielsen chisels, and others Wannabe...Recently I came across my first 750 chisels... or so I thoughtTurns out, I already had one and I was a bit off mark,...
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The Boring till finale....
Well its about time, having started in May 16...Lots has changes since, my life, the numbers of tools competing for space inside the till and me trying to own back my shop.For whatever reasons, it took...
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The space under the window
Now that the Boring till is done, I can look at the space remaining between the Plane till and the Boring till, under the window...It used to have a left over small peg board in front of it, and my...
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The chisel bar
As part of figuring out how best to sized up this article project for my needs, I decided that starting with the chisel bar would help me zero in on my max width.So armed with my usual suspects, out I...
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Shop cleaning day...
With the Boring till now put back together and hanging in its spot on the wall (finally).Last touch left is to secured it to its top and bottom cleats, 2 screws each.Not necessary, just making it small...
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The Bailey No 3 and 4 spokeshaves
Believed it or not, this is also in response to a question asked by Matt about a Funky Spokeshave he found. His is a EC Stearns copy of Leonard Bailey patent, so this is where it all start...Leonard,...
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You know I had to...
You know that box that was labelled "Rabot" (Plane in French)…Well, its been nagging me for a while, I just had to take a break from my cleaning up the shop, landscaping, cutting the grass, working on...
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Pondering away....
Ah, the life of a retiree...It finally looks like Mother nature made up her mind and summer is finally here.And with that comes lots of yard work and less clothing changes for Rudy thru the days, good...
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Yard work
I was not planning to do it this week end, but got a call from my friend Dave, Saturday morning, to let me know that he was on his way with his tractor. Some of my friends still works so, you just...
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Rust removal
A constant battle in our wet/dry climate, and if you are into vintage tools, you know you are gonna have to address it somehow.As I often said before, when I consider a vintage lump of rust, my first...
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And the trees came down...
Since the tractor was up, the next thing was to transplant two bushes that were in the way of the future greenhouseLook, I still fit in to my old Airforce work dress, and no belt required :-)Done. Yard...
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Guess what?
That's right, I have been cleaning up the yard, ever since Dennis dropped all these trees on my property.Can only burn on prescribed days at prescribed time.That was our first on only fire so farThe...
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