October 4, 20205 yr Popular Post Ok, latest Project is about ...done. Time to clean up the bench, put away the toys,,,and maybe rehab a few items.. I can finally set this back on the bench....bench is a bit ...full... Over flow from the Tool Well? "Name that Tool"? How do you hang this thing up.... Every shop could use a 4-in-hand rasp/file....but it needs a place to sit, until called for.. Chisel shaped objects, at least the 3 in front...the other was rehabbed long ago...clean, sharpen, and re-do them handles.. May "refine" the other two....Scratch Awls were also cleaned, sharpened up, and a coat of finish brushed on... The rasp was cleaned of rust and crud, pocket knife was too..and sharpened... Anyone want to stop by and help out? Stay tuned..( may build a second row to the back of the bench storage rack....may need 2..?)
October 8, 20205 yr Author Popular Post Bench has been cleaned up... Spent a lot of time, rehabbing about half of those chisels.. And, after the other half is done...it would be kind of a shame to just toss them into a drawer, some where...or the Toy Chest.. Nope, no more room here on the left... Nor over on the right....rack in the center? Hmmm...nor on the "floor" of these box... I do have a bit of Poplar left over....maybe build a case to hold a few chisels? May just close the doors on the tool chest.. Hmmm, don't want to hang anything on these doors...I need the elbow room One nice thing about the tool well....if I happen to "lose" a pencil... The Tool Well is the first place they will go and hide in. The old candle? Lube for the bottom of planes, edge of saws, and screws... I thought about just adding another rack for the chisels along the back of the bench... But.....then I'd have to reach over the existing rack....may stick the 2 levels into a drawer, though...until called for.. So...will keep rehabbing those chisels...and maybe one block plane....stay tuned
October 8, 20205 yr Author Popular Post Usually while I am using some items....they no longer cut as nice....set aside, and get another that is sharp.....when done with a project, I can go back and sharpen the dull one up... Edged items that come into the shop...will get a sharpening done, so they are ready to go, if and when I need them.... Sometimes, like after a project is done, I pull a shop Maintenance Day ( or week, depends on the size of the project) so everything is ready for the next project. I want items that are sharp enough to do the job I need done with them....that's the key.."Sharp Enough". Spending hours of drudgery trying to get that "perfect" edge...isn't getting any work done. Wood doesn't care IF it could see itself, right before the edge goes by.
October 8, 20205 yr Popular Post 29 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: Soooo, how do you know what needs sharpening? All of them. He is thinking about buying a Tormek. Edited October 8, 20205 yr by Gunny
October 8, 20205 yr Author Popular Post Have 2 grinders, and a sanding (6" x 36") center...don't have the room for anything else.... Ok...there was a plastic tub I brought home from Fred's place.....I thought I have all the little block planes rehabbed..... Roooooh....Kaaaay. Needs just a new iron, right? Well, I was getting tired of playing "My dovetails are better than YOURS"...figured I could just rehab this little critter... Shouldn't take too long, should it? I mean, I have seen worse... Roh-kay, Raggy...tear this down to just parts..and see what we have... "Hide yer eyes, Mabel!" Iron was one that came from a Yard sale Stanley No.3 ( yes, they were using it IN that plane!) No eccentric lever (no big deal)Cap iron was a pot metal, blunt instrument. Crud and rust everywhere... Wire wheel to clean things up.. Which left getting the iron sharp....and flat..as it was neither....even had a back bevel...on a bevel up plane? sanding center, grinder, and the buffer wheel.....Hone on two oils stones, and some 2000 grit paper...then the buffer wheel to polish....then that blunt object....Front end, that "helps" direct shaving out of the plane....was more like a road block....shavings would hit the "wall" and just fold up like the bellows on an Accordion... Sanding disc to bevel it...no longer an 1/8" tall wall...polished the underside a bit, for a better fit to the iron. tain't "pretty", no shiny Brass, nor Bronze....set up a test track...tune the plane a bit... Seems to work just fine. Might just call it done...only took an hour of "drudgery".. Stanley No. 9-1/2....Might be from the 1960s? I look into the spare iron box, and see IF I have a newer iron... Rehabbed handles on 3 chisels have a finish on them, now..waiting on drying time....then see about making a case for them....and even some more Hand Cut Dovetails...LOL. Stay tuned
October 9, 20205 yr Author Popular Post For those wondering about that plastic tub...that Ducksoup sent.. See that "pink" thing? It's in there...somewhere
October 10, 20205 yr Glad to hear they were worth saving, enjoy. Edited October 10, 20205 yr by DuckSoup
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