Joel Jacobson posted a comment from a friend, once an engineer, later a ... Typical engineer...analyzing a problem with only half the details on hand. ... ...
tswihart
tswihart@...
Feb 1, 2002 10:35 am
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Matt asks about the skew, and expresses respect for the motorized wood whirler... FWIW I sharpen my skews with a straight cutting edge. I was given a good...
Hello All-- I recently picked up a couple of nice old drawknives off ebay. One is a Swan that someone has put a decent grind on (although it really needs to...
... -snip- ... Put the knife in a vise so both hands are free and yo can see the edge. I don't know about a shaving horse, but it would probably work. Put...
Croxton Gordon
lawyer@...
Feb 1, 2002 9:45 pm
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Hi Matt - In my experience, sharpening your skew chisels with a radiused edge will not help to eliminate catches. Raffen uses his skews for box making where...
Hi Kevin - Others may have a different view, but here is mine... I too have a Tormek, and think it does a great job on plane blades, chisels, and particularly...
on 2/1/02 10:04 PM, windsorchairmaking@yahoogroups.com at windsorchairmaking@yahoogroups.com wrote: <snip> ... My two cents. A Tormek will give you a slightly...
tswihart
tswihart@...
Feb 2, 2002 6:24 am
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Kevin, I have um, several drawknives. Most of them are just 'mostly sharp'. The kind of sharp that appears quite fearsome to people who are not handtool...
Thanks to everyone for their advice. I worked on it over the weekend some and found that holding the drawknife like a country fiddle (down lower on your left...
Howdy, Well, I *finally* finished that chair. There are plenty of problems with it, and as a result I sure learned a lot making it. One thing I learned is to...
... Congrats! After doing a few on my own, I find I'm more willing to take risks during class (since if I botch it, help is readily available vs. at home...
tswihart
tswihart@...
Feb 12, 2002 4:54 am
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Congratulations! I have yet to start a first. But just a thought... Your first may be less than you hoped for, but you are 'doing' while everyone else is...
... Can you share this with the group? (nudge nudge) ... No classes until I get 4 more sack backs finished. Then Kathy wants 8 side chairs. Now THAT will be...
... I was wondering if anybody would ask... :-) Grab a piece of 5/8" dowel and your bottle of glue...once the glue's had a chance to set, trim the dowel flush...
tswihart
tswihart@...
Feb 14, 2002 4:52 am
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... <snip of a repair trick since Bill asked the same thing and just sent the info> ... Maybe she just hasn't seen the right design for the brace support....
tswihart
tswihart@...
Feb 14, 2002 4:55 am
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... This is what I had expected. At the Working Wood in the 18th C. conference at Colonial Williamsburg, Mack Headley was demonstrating how to make the knuckle...
... I ran into a similar problem when legging up my chair. For whatever reason I bored one of the stretcher mortices at a very incorrect angle. I stared at...
What do I do with a couple of sackback arms that are bent too much? Is there some way to relax the bend a bit? I can't use these as they are. I guess I...
Hi Darrell- No problem to relax the bend by hand. No heat or steam needed. Just give it a little gentle pull. You can't rebend it though, so be really...
Darrell, Try wrapping the center 12 inches of the bow in a wet towel and hit it w/ a hot iron. I did this once and it worked for me, but I only needed to move ...
John, Thanks, John! It worked. Last night I spent a few minutes stretching out the arm until it was a pretty close match with my "model" chair (the one I...
Hi Guys - Not too much chatting lately... Everyone must be building lots of chairs! I finished two chairs last week in a new way (for me). I sprayed them with...
... Funny you should ask. I like the Lexington Green milk paint w/ 10% pitch black added. Rub it out w/ linseed oil to put a bit of sheen on it. On several...
But then, from your post, it is apparent that you ... Not so much discovered but heard about on the net and/or other places... I bet the red under the green...
Craig, and all. My wife and I recently used the technique that you refer to on a set of chairs that my nephew and his wife bought unfinished. Started with...
Hi gang! A couple weeks back I found time to carve a seat blank. This time I tried my "new" gouge. I rummaged through the shorts on top of my wood rack for a...
... First coat: Mustard Yellow Second coat: Barn Red Rub through sparingly to reveal a bit of the underlying yellow...very nice look. The yellow lightens the...
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