My mentor told me that you would have better success cutting threads if you soak maple in linseed oil overnight. In a message dated 11/20/2012 9:50:07 P.M....
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conradh@...
Dec 3, 2012 3:30 am
Welcome Maestra Antonia! That laurel looks well deserved! I love it when I can get everything lined up for a period project with period tools and materials....
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Avery Austringer
avery1415
Dec 17, 2012 12:07 pm
So I've collected a couple moulding planes, mostly hollows and rounds and I'm noticing that the shoulder to the cheek to the left of the blade, which everyone ...
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Bill Fariss
wfariss
Dec 17, 2012 5:07 pm
The shoulder cutback has nothing to do with the arc of the blade. It was generally cut at that angle to allow the user to get as full a round as they could in...
I did not post message 15429 and do not know what is in it. Don't open it! Russ...
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Wolf
sancoeur
Dec 21, 2012 12:01 am
I read the subject and thought you WANTED Spam. I was going to tell you that we went into town earlier, and if you wanted me to pick up some for you, you...
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Broom
iambroom
Dec 25, 2012 6:12 am
www.metafilter.com/123183/Battle-of-the-Turners Don't miss the "bowl-off"; competition: pole vs motor lathe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDgIGzw4VtA ' | Broom...
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Ralph
n7bsn
Dec 25, 2012 5:50 pm
It's always been a good video, Robin Wood is probably the foremost pole-turner alive today Ralg AnTir...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 12:35 am
I bought a 42 inch saw off eBay and have been giving it some test runs. Seems to be a problem with it binding as soon as it gets past the depth of the teeth. ...
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Sean Powell
sean14powell
Dec 26, 2012 1:56 am
Rip-saw or cross-cut saw? The amount of offset varies but all saws should have one. As it is 42" it is obviously for rough-cutting which means the offset will...
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Antonia di Lorenzo
antonia_di_l...
Dec 26, 2012 8:02 am
It sounds like you need to offset the teeth with a saw setting tool. This is the third step in sharpening a saw. Step 1 = filing tops of teeth so all are at...
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Geirfold
hammered_sha...
Dec 26, 2012 3:13 pm
Another thing that might help is waxing the blade....
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Tom Immke
immke...
Dec 26, 2012 3:44 pm
These are all good ideas but first make sure your fence is square with your blade and make sure the blade is square with the table. Seems like it should be...
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Tom Immke
immke...
Dec 26, 2012 3:45 pm
oops. sorry read the thread wrong.......
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 4:36 pm
mm.. no table involved ;) I'm not even going to think about the table required for an oak log 20 feet long and 2 feet in diameter, not to mention the hoist...
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Wolf
sancoeur
Dec 26, 2012 5:59 pm
VERY carefully..... ;) ... Not sure how I would go about mounting a fence in this application either ;)...
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frode_kettilsson
frode_kettil...
Dec 26, 2012 6:12 pm
Hi all, Years ago (before Al Gore) I had a pair of setting pliers, and I'd had little luck finding new ones. Happily they are becoming available again! Not...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Dec 26, 2012 8:15 pm
If anyone is interested in early saws I own the following, the are heavily based on medieval versions (ie, we can take cues). --early kenyon keyhole saw circa...
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Dave Ordway
ddordway
Dec 26, 2012 9:22 pm
Might I suggest a heavy table perhaps made of hand sawn 8/4 Oak. You could use the planks from your newly sawn log.......wait a minute......you need a table...
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Haraldr Bassi (yahoo)
haraldrbassi
Dec 26, 2012 9:36 pm
I concur with the others who discussed whether it was a crosscut or rip saw. I also concur with the advice to sharpen the teeth before worrying about setting...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 11:18 pm
On the question of crosscut versus rip- I don't know. The tooth pattern is one I haven't seen on anything but these large logging saws and I don't know...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 11:22 pm
On the question of crosscut versus rip- I don't know. The tooth pattern is one I haven't seen on anything but these large logging saws and I don't know...
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Sean Powell
sean14powell
Dec 26, 2012 11:55 pm
Cross-cut saws have teeth like 3 sided pyramids. The are flat on the outside with a knife edge front and back, generally they have a more vertical slope on the...
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nelsonhaynes@...
appelgarthe
Dec 27, 2012 1:50 pm
Broom! That was impressive. Thanks. Nigel In a message dated 12/25/2012 1:12:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, IAmBroom@... writes: ...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 27, 2012 2:29 pm
Mutter. Auto-mistake doesn't like your name, Haraldr ;) sorry about that....
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Geirfold
hammered_sha...
Dec 27, 2012 2:33 pm
Can you post pics of them?...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Dec 28, 2012 8:07 pm
Yeah sure. Give me a day or so. In the meantime most of my saw pics and early tool pics actually are on my facebook group page. Just faster to upload....
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Robert Capozello
afpopa
Dec 29, 2012 6:58 pm
Hi folks! Â Thought you all might be interested in a project I just finished - a musical instrument called a tromba marina. Â ...
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Stuart
darsnordham
Dec 29, 2012 11:13 pm
Nicely done; I've made a couple of trombas, one from the Memling Angels altar piece C1480 and one from later similar to yours. Fun aren't they? the most...
