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SOLD: Veritas Low-angle Spokeshave –
SOLD: Perfectly set up and ready to go Veritas Low-angle Spokeshave. I purchased this the week that this tool came out in the early 1990s, so I suspect the blade is high-carbon steel instead of A2. In any case, the tool works great. No apologies. I have just too darn many shaves. Price: $40 plus…
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Where I am Teaching in 2013 –
If my teaching schedule for 2013 doesn’t wreck my marriage or alienate my children, then nothing will. Here’s a list of where I will be teaching in 2013. Note that I don’t control registration at these schools, and I am never sure when each school will open registration (hint: ask the school). I do know…
Padlocks…You Choose Your Security Level-Cobra Padlocks
Not all locks are created equal and that holds true for Padlocks. You can purchase padlocks from $1.50 all the way up to $150.00 per padlock. So what is the difference? In the example above the padlocks will range from mechanical to electronic and from small to large padlocks. Hardened Security There are many other…
On Locks –
As I finished up building my tool chest for “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest,” I struggled with the idea of installing a lock on the lid. Most tool chests have locks. The lock – and the sheer weight of the chest – are an ingenious pre-Industrial Revolution security system. But I don’t like locks. Never have….
How To Sharpen Moulding Plane Cutters –
FIG. 1. A. Section worked by cutter. B. Cutter ground to shape. C. Faulty sharpening. D. Back clearance This is an excerpt from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume I” published by Lost Art Press. Moulding plane cutters are of two kinds; those used with wooden moulding planes, and those made for the Stanley Universal plane. Except that…