Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make something
for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down some timber on
the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes and proceeded to
flatten and dress the boards.
Happiness is spending a day at the bench using really sharp handplanes and
being surrounded by light fluffy shavings, seeing the boards turn out
completely flat and shining. : )
Doesn't matter to me that it's inefficient, - I enjoy the exercise and the
challenge. (Have never owned a thicknesser and gave my jointer to a friend
some time back, - I seldom used it and don't miss it.)
Next stage involves handsaw, chisels, spokeshave and handcut dovetails.
Life is good : )
Diggerop
"Luigi Zanasi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Oct 15, 8:01 am, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make
> something
> for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down some timber on
> the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes and proceeded
> to
> flatten and dress the boards.
>
> Happiness is spending a day at the bench using really sharp handplanes and
> being surrounded by light fluffy shavings, seeing the boards turn out
> completely flat and shining. : )
>
> Doesn't matter to me that it's inefficient, - I enjoy the exercise and the
> challenge. (Have never owned a thicknesser and gave my jointer to a friend
> some time back, - I seldom used it and don't miss it.)
>
> Next stage involves handsaw, chisels, spokeshave and handcut dovetails.
>
> Life is good : )
Re: subject; no "might" about it. :-)
Luigi
....... and then there's the adze ..... : )
On Oct 15, 8:01=A0am, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make somethi=
ng
> for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down some timber o=
n
> the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes and proceeded =
to
> flatten and dress the boards.
>
> Happiness is spending a day at the bench using really sharp handplanes an=
d
> being surrounded by light fluffy shavings, seeing the boards turn out
> completely flat and shining. =A0 : )
>
> Doesn't matter to me that it's inefficient, - I enjoy the exercise and th=
e
> challenge. (Have never owned a thicknesser and gave my jointer to a frien=
d
> some time back, - I seldom used it and don't miss it.)
>
> Next stage involves handsaw, chisels, spokeshave and handcut dovetails.
>
> Life is good =A0 : )
Re: subject; no "might" about it. :-)
Luigi
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Oct 15, 11:01 am, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make
> something
> for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down some timber on
> the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes and proceeded
> to
> flatten and dress the boards.
Until you replace that table saw with a two-person pit saw, at best
you're a Cro-Magnon.
R
Half a day in a saw pit would kill me : )
Years back, I came across many old saw pits while doing exploration work in
the W.A. goldfields.
They were used to produce railway sleepers for the wood hauling trains that
supplied the steam powered gold mining industry in a bygone era. Most was
used for fuel, with a smaller proportion used as shoring in the deep
underground mines. As an area of forest was exhausted, they would rip up the
tracks and re-lay them in an unlogged area. The last of these operations
continued to the early 60's.
At its peak, they were logging 500,000 tons per year, predominantly using
migrant labour.
They were extremely tough people.
Diggerop
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
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>>
>
>
> Thanks Leon. There's some really impressive stuff there. The "Glide" leg
> vise is *very* nice.
>
> I made a leg vise for my bench when I built it years ago. Nothing
> sophisticated like the one in the video, but it works well. The face is
> self-aligning to allow secure clamping of timber where the faces are not
> parallel. The foot slides in and out and locks automatically through the
> medium of a pinch block.
>
> I'll post some pics when I get a chance.
Please do, I am in the planing stages of building a work bench and would
like to see more ideas.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make
>> something for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down
>> some timber on the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes
>> and proceeded to flatten and dress the boards.
>>
>> Happiness is spending a day at the bench using really sharp handplanes
>> and being surrounded by light fluffy shavings, seeing the boards turn out
>> completely flat and shining. : )
>>
>> Doesn't matter to me that it's inefficient, - I enjoy the exercise and
>> the challenge. (Have never owned a thicknesser and gave my jointer to a
>> friend some time back, - I seldom used it and don't miss it.)
>>
>> Next stage involves handsaw, chisels, spokeshave and handcut dovetails.
>>
>> Life is good : )
>>
>>
>> Diggerop
>
> I posted these links back in August. Your mention of your pleasure of
> hand works reminded me of the links. You should really enjoy the 3
> viedo's if you did not catch the the first go round.
>
> Glide Leg Vise
> http://www.benchcrafted.com/videos/benchcraftedglide.wmv
>
> Roubo Bench and a little handy plane work. ;~)
> http://www.benchcrafted.com/videos/roubo.wmv
>
> Wagon Vise
> http://www.benchcrafted.com/videos/benchcraftedtailvise.wmv
>
>
Thanks Leon. There's some really impressive stuff there. The "Glide" leg
vise is *very* nice.
I made a leg vise for my bench when I built it years ago. Nothing
sophisticated like the one in the video, but it works well. The face is
self-aligning to allow secure clamping of timber where the faces are not
parallel. The foot slides in and out and locks automatically through the
medium of a pinch block.
I'll post some pics when I get a chance.
Diggerop
"diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make
> something for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down some
> timber on the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes and
> proceeded to flatten and dress the boards.
>
> Happiness is spending a day at the bench using really sharp handplanes and
> being surrounded by light fluffy shavings, seeing the boards turn out
> completely flat and shining. : )
>
> Doesn't matter to me that it's inefficient, - I enjoy the exercise and the
> challenge. (Have never owned a thicknesser and gave my jointer to a friend
> some time back, - I seldom used it and don't miss it.)
>
> Next stage involves handsaw, chisels, spokeshave and handcut dovetails.
>
> Life is good : )
>
>
> Diggerop
I posted these links back in August. Your mention of your pleasure of hand
works reminded me of the links. You should really enjoy the 3 viedo's if
you did not catch the the first go round.
Glide Leg Vise
http://www.benchcrafted.com/videos/benchcraftedglide.wmv
Roubo Bench and a little handy plane work. ;~)
http://www.benchcrafted.com/videos/roubo.wmv
Wagon Vise
http://www.benchcrafted.com/videos/benchcraftedtailvise.wmv
On Oct 15, 11:01=A0am, "diggerop" <toobusy@themoment> wrote:
> Had a great day in the workshop today. SWMBO had requested I make somethi=
ng
> for her daughter's birthday, so I set to work breaking down some timber o=
n
> the T/S and then sharpened up my collection of hand planes and proceeded =
to
> flatten and dress the boards.
Until you replace that table saw with a two-person pit saw, at best
you're a Cro-Magnon.
R