Auriou rasps are excellent. The cost traces to being "hand stitched" and even a small collection of them runs big bucks. But they still (AFAIK) don't have one rasp that will do both jobs (quick removal, and smooth cut).

I've also got both cuts of the large Dragon Rasp. Seems like a quality tool but I still  need to get handles on those and my iwasakis to try them out. 

Those hand stitched rasp are supposed to be great stuff. I just havent gotten that far yet.

As mistakes add up, the sides side of a long tray box I'm planing get thinner and thinner, flexing inward with plane pressure. So I put in a block of wood to eliminate flex, and needed one shim.

 

Guess if you are making only one shim and will likely reuse it until it gets glued somewheres or cracks, no reason not to make it as good as you can. 

 

 

On 4/23/2022 at 5:44 PM, Woodman said:

Found the Corradi website. The other you said was a Nicholson Hecho in Mexico. What is it called when the tang is like this?

 

 

 

Where I come from, that's an axe file.

On 4/24/2022 at 6:34 AM, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Auriou rasps are excellent. The cost traces to being "hand stitched" and even a small collection of them runs big bucks. But they still (AFAIK) don't have one rasp that will do both jobs (quick removal, and smooth cut).

Thanks Fred, I'm leaning towards the ferrier file seem to have a good mix at a decent price. If not I'll have to look intk buying a finer one as the Shinto does a good job for quick stock removal.

 

Not a whole lot ON the bench, just yet..

But...I'll see what I can do about that..

Involves a saw....

About 95 years old saw....Tablesaw is not available...

Just yet....

Not ON the bench but headed to my bench very soon.

 

I got bored today so I went to work, (life is good). The guy I work with broke the belts on his Walker-Turner Jointer and sent me out to a shop to see if they had the belts. On the drive I found 2 each old vented gas cans on the side of the road.

 

Shortly after returning to the shop, wo/belts, a pallet of Whiskey Barrel Hoop arrived and I was tasked to sort and stack them. These are some of the sweetest hoops I have ever seen, It looks like most of them have never been on a barrel. The guy I work with failed to see the humor, he likes the rusted look but for the lights I build they are PREFECT.

 

I'm inspired to build. This is the hoop light I'll build

 

Two chrome hooks arrived for this shelf of reclaimed spruce drawer bottom. See the problem? The wood is 1885-1925, the nickel-plated hook is 1925 (matches) and the new chrome hooks? Blech! 

 

What makes it worse is a guy I know had SIX of the nickel hooks with original screws, which he SCRAPPED for cigs and beer. 

 

So for now, this project, started 8-12 months ago is still ... in thought Back into the basement rafters for you! 

 

 

I stumble into a yard sale one day and these two good-old boys were selling off most of their tools to buy more beer.

 

Hopefully they had enough for that day, they were pretty toasted  when I stopped at 11AM.

You know, at our last house we had about 5 of the 1/2 barrels used as flower planters. They were quite old and the wood had completely fell apart. I threw those hoops out not having an idea they might be useful for something like those lamps.

No Fred I get it, we bought a place another lifetime ago that had 5 rotten 1/2 barrels and I burnt the wood and tossed the metal in recycling.

 

Who knew.

4 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

They were quite old and the wood had completely fell apart. I threw those hoops out not having a

If I had kept everything that I thought might be useful at one point later in my life, I would need another lifetime just to move all that stuff around from place to place, from house to house. 

2 hours ago, Woodman said:

If I had kept everything that I thought might be useful at one point later in my life, I would need another lifetime just to move all that stuff around from place to place, from house to house. 

And THAT, my friend, is why I've lived in the current house for 35+ years!

All set up, and ready for tomorrow...

My "Handy-Dandy" Mortise Jig....have 6 mortises to chop..

Have 6 tenons that need homes...

At least, I get to sit down, while chopping away....

9 hours ago, steven newman said:

Have 6 tenons that need homes...

 

Did I miss something here Steven?  This is not a three legged table is it?  Why only three aprons and six mortises?

The space for the 4th apron is taken....by a drawer front.   Each of the aprons has 2 tenons, on on each end. 

The legs use mortises to house those tenons....one per tenon.    The opening for the drawer get a little different arrangement....

 

back 2 legs get 2 mortises each....one for the back apron, and one for a side apron....front legs will get one mortise for a side apron...and get a drawer runner and "divider" ( the bar that goes above the drawer front) to connect the front legs to each other,,,

 

Usually, the part the drawer sits on, is mortised into the legs....little square tenons....while up on top,  the usually gets a dovetail and socket sort of thing. 

 

Today's task will be to do some chopping and fitting....

 

Stay tuned

On 4/25/2022 at 10:55 AM, HARO50 said:

Where I come from, that's an axe file.

Just checked... I have two of them, a Black Diamond and a Nicholson. Both are clearly marked "AXE".

17 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Just checked... I have two of them, a Black Diamond and a Nicholson. Both are clearly marked "AXE".

But, do you have an axe?

20 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Just checked... I have two of them, a Black Diamond and a Nicholson. Both are clearly marked "AXE".

 

Well dang,..I'll double check mine tomorrow,...maybe it says axe too 

 

13 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

But, do you have an axe?

A couple more in the shed!