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If I'm not mistaken, wouldn't there be a potential strength advantage to the plain sawn board for some kind of load bearing use like a beam or joist? Perhaps not so much with oak, but your sample pain sawn board has the end grain running almost fully through it's entire width which should make for a strong horizontal member. I'm not much of a woodworker but I do understand the stability advantage of quarter sawing is probably of utmost concern with furniture and such, but I just thought it worth mentioning one possible con to quarter sawn wood. If I'm wrong, I welcome the correction.
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I’m confused,, you said go left to right but you went right to left on the back side. ?? Sorry, watched it again, you said counterclockwise, but isn’t going right to left on the back the same as going right to left on the front? Totally newbie here. Love your videos. They are helping me tremendously.
The flat bit on top he uses with the honing jig doesn't exist anymore and hasn't for many years. Making the whole thing largely useless for my purposes, and I only find this out after purchasing it. Don't bother with it.
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As per what I understand, this jig would allow me to make tenons, raised panels and half lap joints WITHOUT taking away the parting knife, thus keeping an critical safety device in place I appreciate this a lot.
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I have been using a skip tooth regular chain on my electric chain saw. I just heard about a ripping chain for longitudinal cutting logs in half. They are supposed to do a faster better job. Anyone have any experience with ripping chains?
I like the way you showed us what and how to use is so educational that I had to subscribe to this channel to learn more 🤗, also I want to know how and where to get those chisels 👍. Thanks
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Sanding sealer is usually simply lacquer work zinc stearate added (there are other types of sanding dealers). Stearates are basically a soap.. in fact zinc stearate is also called zinc soap. It basically lubricates the lacquer making it easy to sand... but, BUT, this means it is also pretty weak... after all it crumbles... that's the point. The finish on top of the sealer will be more susceptible to damage (since the sealer is its foundation), water rings, etc. You can NOT use this type of sanding sealer with polyurethane or the like as the soaps will prevent the finish from adhering (in fact it will crawl on the surface. Once nitrocellulose lacquer is cured is really sands well anyway. So really no need for the sealer. The special sealers for polyurethane and the like make more sense as those finishes do not sand well.
That's not MAPP. That's map/pro. They stopped making mapp in like 2008. Map/pro only burns 130° hotter than propane, which for shit like this isn't really gonna make a difference.
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I really like this! Great project. Love that it’s barn board that is already colored. I don’t have access to any. But I can stain and paint. Thanks for sharing this.
Hello, I just purchased the same vintage spokeshave and discovered that one of the tangs are cracked off! is there a way of repairing and or welding it back onto the blade? ... please let me know. Thank you, dee
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