Nice legs! Should be cool benches.

 

Sounds like some complicated joinery Dan. That bench will never wobble!
Hubby took me rust hunting today. We went to a flea market we've never been to before and this was what the front door opened in to

We brought these home

(Sorry about the bad pics)The thing in the back is a roll of 80 grit emery cloth, a no name draw knife,and a brass hammer. The double blade spoke shave has Seymour Smith & Sons on both of the blades, nothing on the handle. The blades are both pretty dull. Any advice on sharpening the curved one would be appreciated. Also, do the blades go in bevel up or down?
End mini tool gloat.

 

Congrats on the tool haul, Candy. You passed up some other cool stuff. You have to go back…
Bevel down.
Put some 100 grit emery cloth or some wet or dry paper on an object that matches the curve of the blade (sole). Bring to a burr, and go finer grits until it cuts well. Polish the back, too, just like any plane blade.
Oh, and you better go see a doctor. You've got the "bug"! Just your luck, you'd pick a doctor who is a tool collector! HA!~
DanK

 

Thanks Dan, and I see a doctor every day I work. None of them are tool collectors, that I know of. Can't afford to go back for a while. Hubby said I have to buy the groceries this month because he also bought some power tools ( band saw, portable planer, and dust collector). :-D

 

Looks like you had lots of fun Candy. Nice haul.

 

Candy, that's just not fair. You must spend some quality time with hubby so he catches "the bug". Put your foot down…no tools with cords or batteries! OK. I'm gonna go over here and be quiet now…

I'd be curious how you gonna sharpen that draw knife.
DanK

 

Wow, Dan, very impressive joinery plan with those benches. Seriously, top notch joining the top to house sliding dovetails. Genius.

 

Had to work for it Wayne. The drive belt on the bandsaw was shredded! The drive wheels were misaligned. Jim (hubby with arthritis) supervised (told me how) while I changed it out and reset the wheels. Yeah, I did have fun!
Hahaha Dan, he does not have the patience for hand tools! As long as he enables my affliction, I'm OK with that. I don't know how I'm going to sharpen that draw knife either. I can barely sharpen my hand plane! Jim is working on a sharpening wheel for me. I think I'll keep him, despite of his predilection for power.

 

Here's some info on sharpening and honing on draw knives.

Nice score Candy

 

Aww Bandit, I can't believe I missed that auction in baraboo, thats only about 45 minutes away from me. I might have to give em a call yet, see if anything is left. I've been working on some saws and handles this weekend, I want to go get some good quartersawn cherry and start making a few batches of planes. I'm thinking about starting a small buisiness selling rabbet planes. Making saws is too time consuming for the small profit, and there is a big investment in tooling. With planes all I need is a surface grinder for tapering the blades, for now I can use my schools, and heat treat the steel there aswell.

 

More planing action today.

You can easily see the high quality surface left by a plane blade compared to sandpaper.

Big or little, doesn't matter.

DanK

 

Dan - excellent work. Got a question for ya, the panel as well. Got a buddy building a cedar strip canoe. Gonna fiberglass it but he want to smooth the interior side of the bottom. How would the 113 fare crossgrain?

 

Dan- that is one bad ass vise. What brand is it? Patternmaker?

 

It's an Emmert patternmakers vise bought from Bill Phillips (RIP) of PA. I think of him when I see bits of his extensive collection being auctioned off. I don't get into typing, but I think it is one of the later ones. It's a strong 18" across the jaws and opens to hold 15" or so. Tilt and swivel with metal working jaws on "under" side.
How would the 113 fare cross grain? It's just like any other plane in that regard. Straight across might not go so well, but if you can muster even a 10 degree with exiting grain it should do super.
DanK

 

Smitty, wanna try your 444 on some white oak? The legs would be cross grain, the center battens parallel grain except the ends. I'm thinking I'll have to do the stopped dovetails with electrons. Might use electrons all the way…depending.
DanK

 

Thanks for the link waho.

 

Oak would be tough I'm thinking.

 

You're welcome Candy

 

Dan, awesome work with the 113! Much nicer to see in use than a belt sander. LOL I certainly never thought I'd have a use for one, but now I'm thinking…

Bud, that bench looks bombproof! I was hoping you'd cut those sliding DT's by hand so I could learn.

But, I suppose a stopped DT would quite a challenge by hand? I don't know anything about routahs…

 

I'd like to get a compass plane one day for the very reason DanK is showing…..smoothing arched pieces. But I have a hard time paying what I've seen them go for when I don't know how well it will work. I just use a spokeshave for now.