| This blog is written by HokieKen | 44 entries so far |
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Mora 164 Hook Knife Rehabilitation #2: How I Improved it
I say improved vs. fixed because I think there are still some refinements that will help this kni...
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Mora 164 Hook Knife Rehabilitation #1: Mora 164 Hook Knife - Why it Needs Help
Well, it’s January again. I don’t do New Year’s resolutions in the typical sen...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #7: Does it Really Work???
Well, I guess we know IT works. The plane has been around for over a century. The question was,...
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Bow Saw Build #4: Baby Steps...
I have so many small projects going on in the shop right now that it’s hard to find time to...
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Bow Saw Build #3: Let's do that again...
It would probably work fine but, the horizontal cross-member just didn’t suit me. I didn&#...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #6: In the home stretch :-)
I had a little bit of cleanup left to do. I put a couple of coats of Tru-Oil on the knob and tot...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #5: Just some little bits...
First, I’ll toss this in here. I should have included it with the other wood pieces in the...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #4: New Tote and Knob
I didn’t have a lot of time to spend with the #45 this weekend but I did carve out a couple...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #3: Awwww, don't be blue.
KelleyCrafts suggested that maybe this plane would look good if it were blued. I thought that wa...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #2: General Cleanup
It was evident that the rust present on this plane was mostly just surface rust. And I didn̵...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #1: A new pretty :-)
Recently I decided it would be beneficial to have a rabbet plane in the shop. I don’t gene...
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Bow Saw Build #2: Cuttin' and Fittin'
I did most of this before I started taking pictures so the pics are a little sparse. But, I thin...
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Bow Saw Build #1: Getting Started
Well, my buddy Bill (builtinbkyn) recently made a couple of turning saws and I knew I had to have...
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Building my Workbench #15: Little More Progress, Nearly Done
Well, I got some time in the shop this weekend. I split it about 50/50 between my Beer Swap proj...
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Building my Workbench #14: Not Much but Right-Side-UP!!
Not much to say but I am so excited I just had to post a quick update. Yesterday I assembled t...
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Building my Workbench #13: Still Upside Down... But Better
Had a little bit of time this week and got a few things done. I didn’t get the bench right...
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Building my Workbench #12: Leg Vise
Well, over the past week, I did manage to get the leg vise mostly done. At least as “done&...
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Building my Workbench #11: Still Plugging Along
Well, it’s been a bit and most of my shop time the past several weeks has been spent workin...
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New Sharpening System.... Maybe? #4: I Lied...
So this isn’t to be a full entry but, just on the off-chance this blog happens to actually ...
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Ball-Peen Hammer Upgrade - Need Advice
Last Father’s Day, I made a set of screwdrivers for my FIL. Well he loved them and so I...
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Building my Workbench #10: Home Stretch Baby!
Okay, so let’s say this blog sucks, at best. Or at least the author sucks at keeping it up...
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New Sharpening System.... Maybe? #3: Wide Blade Attachment... meh
Sorry but no pics on this one. I didn’t really intend to blog this part because I thought ...
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New Sharpening System.... Maybe? #2: Initial Tests
You know how sometimes you buy a tool kinda on impulse and regret it later? I half expected that...
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New Sharpening System.... Maybe? #1: Less Plugging in Leads to Plugging in
This will likely be a couple-of-entry series but I thought it might be of interest since sharpeni...
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Building my Workbench #9: One Day I Might Finish this Beast!
Man, it seems like each big project takes twice as long as the previous one. Aren’t build ...
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Building my Workbench #8: Chisels be Cryin'
OMG, I am horrible with this blog huh? Swaps been over for awhile now slacker…..I need an...
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Building my Workbench #7: Brief update and vise opinion solicitations
Geeze, I’m really on the ball with this blog huh? Well, unfortunately the pace of my blog ...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #11: Final Fettling and Wrap-Up
At long last, we have reached journey’s end :-) I apologize for taking so long to get this...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #10: Flattening the Sole and the Sides
We’re in the home stretch now! This part is usually one of the most time consuming depending on ...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #9: Putting it All Together
Well we’ve finished most of our grunt work. All that’s left to do is finish up the b...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #8: Breakin' Chips
Last time we got our iron worked up and ready to go to work. However, the iron can’t work ...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #7: Working up the Iron
Alright, let’s see if we can wrap this up and have a new user in the plane till by the end of the...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #6: Fixin' and Fittin' my Frog
Well, we’re done with the cosmetic stuff. Time to get down to the real nitty-gritty. Woo Hoo! ...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #5: Polishing and Refinishing
Well, now that we have our base painted and everything rust-free, let’s turn our attention ...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #4: Painting the Base
At the end of the last entry, we had our plane body stripped of the old japanning and ready to be...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #3: Preparing the Body and Sole
When last we left off, we had done rust conversion on all of our parts except for the main body. ...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #2: Rust Removal and Prevention
So, when we left off last time we had determined that this plane was perfectly salvageable and ma...
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How I Do Hand Plane Rehabs #1: Breakdown and Evaluation
I’ve been thinking I am going to do this blog but haven’t had just the “right&#...
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Building my Workbench #6: Do these sticks make my slab look flat?
Oh dear… What is he doing? Is this the second entry in a single week? Yes, yes it is :-) ...
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Building my Workbench #5: It's Knot So Bad
I HAD come to enjoy hand planing immensely. The tool itself is brilliant and elegant in it’...
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Building my Workbench #4: Breaking Wind
You guys thought I’d forgotten about the blog didn’t you? Well never fear, here is y...
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Building my Workbench #3: I'm getting to the beginning...
I was actually at the beginning last weekend. I was all excited to get out to the shop and start...
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Building my Workbench #2: My (almost) Final Design... maybe... sorta
Well I’m back. In this entry, I’ll be showing you my design and going over why I mad...
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Building my Workbench #1: Quit thinking and relocate your donkey!
Okay, I’ve been determined to do a blog series on some project but they’ve all gotten...
