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About wooden plane restoration Step 2 Initial Assesment
See here for Part 1 IdentificationNow that we have some indications of its rarity and value, it is time to go over its condition to determine what need to be done to bring it back into a good...
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About wooden plane restoration Part 3 Fine tuning
Were we finally get ready to make some shavings...Part 1 IdentificationPart 2 Initial AssessmentI normally would go thru these steps once I have a need or an urge to do it, but for our purpose, we will...
View ArticleAbout the sharpness levels required on moulding planes
My next posts about using them (building a moulding stick jig and making a Linenfold panel are currently in the holding pattern. Heather is back at home having completed her first round of palliative...
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Favourite Woodworking references; Books
That's right; not favor but favour :-)I am definitively not getting much shop time these days, so here goes another post from my computer bench...A sampling from my library, you will recognize some I...
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Favourite woodworking reference's: Books on tools
Last we look at some of my books on working wood, time now to look at book about the stuff we are most passionate about, the tools and implements we used to work wood.HAND TOOLS AND THEIR...
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Meet Rudy
We have discussed many times getting a small companion dog, but I have always resisted since our retirement plans always involved travelling abroad and it would be easier not having any attachments at...
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The cutting edge
In our recent discussions between Ralph and I about sharpening, I often mentioned the importance of tweaking the edge with a micro bevel if the edge seems to crumble too fast for a given wood. He...
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Small distraction ...
Lately, I'm overdue to even go close to the shop, but somehow, I just can't do it...So the other day, when a friend ask me for some help replacing his water heater, I said, sure... (could uses the...
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Yet another mitre box and saw
Yap, picked up another Stanley No 60 MB off Kijiji (like Craig list in Canada) while we were staying in the city for her treatments.As picked up, I did not knew what kind of MB and in which condition...
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Battling technology and putting up lights
For the longest time, since the kids have grown up, I always refused to put out outdoor Christmas lights,Oh Humbug! Waste of time, money, and I'll be the kind of guy who leave them year round... I hate...
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Merry Christmas around the globe from the Demers family
As we quickly approach Christmas and the beginning of a new year, I want to take the time to wish all my readers around the world, Peace on earth and to all a Merry Christmas (or whatever you happen to...
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New cordless drills
I have long resisted buying into the cordless drill bandwagon, because I was afraid that I would not be using it often enough and that the NiCad battery would go bad on me (memory effect, if I recalled...
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Happy New Year
The New Year has already begun around the world, I believe that New Zealand was one of the first to ring in the New Year...Here is hoping that the New Year, 2016, finds everyone in good health to enjoy...
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P.L. Robertson, Henry Ford and the birth of the Phillips
Although most Canadian are familiar with good old Robertson's fastener for umpteen years, his name is not so well known outside our country and to add to our exasperation, they are referred as Square...
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Screwdriver for woodworkers
There is a bewildering variety of fasteners out there, some were introduced to "solve" a problem, which introduced another and, and...Others were in an attempt to make dis-assembly or tampering more...
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The many faces of PHILLIPS
Or, when close is just not close enough. Will the real Mr Phillips please stand up...Seems I raised a few questions worthy of a tad closer scrutiny, with regards to some of my statements referencing...
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Saw maintenance tools
In the days before the chainsaw...We used Felling saws and Bucking saws, and before that; Felling axes and Bucking saws.It has been said that the North American frontiers were won by the axe and the...
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Object of percussion for woodworkers
Lets face it, there are numerous occasions where a judiciously applied "love tap" is going to save your bacon. And I am not talking about young children misbehaving, I am talking about woodworking of...
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Mallets will set you free ...
...of all kinds of aches and injuries. But only when used correctly and when using the appropriate one for the task.That's right! Using the palm of your hands to drive a chisel or gouge into wood by...
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The Yankee Spiral screwdrivers family, the original cordless screwdrivers
Recently, Gerhard at the Je ne sais quoi woodworking blog, asked my help for dating various specimen of this iconic tool. I thought it would make a good post explaining how I go about establishing...
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