Begone with that foul substance!
Titebond 3 and mineral oil on the boards
I want to make a chess set so bad, or at least a board. My grandmother made me a ceramic chess set when I was in middle school and the board sagged in the middle when it was fired
I had a thread on it last year, the board, not the pieces. I think I was a sophomore in HS (so probably 35 years ago?) when I did the pieces, there was a board, checkers and case that all went with that project. If I had a lathe I'd spin up some wood pieces, that's a someday project.
With ceramics if the green ware isn’t dry when fired it will likely explode if fired too fast. Warping was likely caused by uneven drying.
The only ceramics I did were my chess pieces. My wife did a "truck load" of flower pots when we were in Korea. I never saw the kiln she used, but it must have been at or near the nursery/greenhouses that she went to all the time. I know she had some that were destroyed in the kiln though.
We only used draw knives to flesh hides in the fur shed; since they never ran in to anything "hard" we would just use a sharpening steel, like you'd have in the kitchen. For wood draw knives, I think a fine cut file would be the way to go. You only want to use it on the angled side, and leave the flat side flat...otherwise it's not going to cut right without adding a sharper angle to get the edge to cut.
I did mine in the first post the same way. The top row slid about 1/16” on final glue up and I didn’t notice til after the glue dried
It takes a little while for the glue to "dry", but it gets to the point of not moving in just a couple minutes. Might have to do with how dry the wood is to start with, but from my experience you don't have much time to adjust before it's too late.I did mine in the first post the same way. The top row slid about 1/16” on final glue up and I didn’t notice til after the glue dried
You sir are talented. That safe is awesome. Construction equipment is super cool also
Nice work and see you are a fan of lie-Neisen tools as well. Over the years picked up many of the same tools shown in your cabinet and the quality is second to none with one of my favorites being the No. 51 Shoot Board Plane. Need to post a picture of my woodworking table I built many years ago.
Where are you finding deals on them? I’ve been looking for some good used planes and haven’t had much luck
What I’m saying is, stop looking for used and buy direct from Lie Nielsen. The days of $5 barely used Stanley no4 planes at garage sales is long over.
This^^^ There was a time when you could find older Record and Stanley planes that were in decent shape. Over the years I collected complete set from No.1 to 8C with all the variants in between. Had the soles precision ground and lapped and installed Hock chip breakers and blades. They work beautifully but for the amount of work I had to put into them just more practical to go with LIe-Neilsen. When I got into woodworking many years ago the quality English tools were still available but those days are long gone.
Exactly. Plus the internet, lol. Rusted out planes are priced within spitting distance of new planes.
Good advice but I could never part with the No 8 Jointer plane. Awesome for table and bench tops! Ray Iles makes a nice set of mortise chisels as well. Also, for hand saws it’s hard to beat any of the saws from Bad Axe. The only tools I’ve regretted buying from Lie Nielsen are their saws.
I’m not happy with their tenon saw. All of my panel saws are old American saws. I refurbish, set, and sharpen them.
Gotcha, I’ve been eyeballing their stuff for a little while. Being that this is 100% a hobby and provides 0 $ for me it’s been hard to justify. Just need to bite the bullet and get one. Do you have an order you recommended getting planes?
Get a 5 1/2 Jack first, and if you flatten a lot of tops, a No7 or 8, but I prefer the No 7.
