Just made one of these...but used some Meccano strips (two on each side for stiffness) instead of working up a bit of steel bar. The clamp works perfectly.
Last week bought online another Japanese pull saw blade. But it being double sided found it won’t fit the single side blade handle I already have. Whilst in Bunnings (our Lowes) I picked up a new tenon saw for $6.50 intending to transplant the handle to the pull saw. BUT now I’m re-enjoying using a sharp tenon saw! Guess I’ll keep it so and lathe up a new handle for the Japanese pull blade (after I make your safe lathe). Lucky I’m only 74 and have the 26yrs to do it!
Who likes pedaling backwards? I never did, my musels are trainned from child hood to peddle forward! But he did make a good point, smeam power shops did this trick alot twesting belt to ge the correct direction!
I made the metal parts on the sliding end stick out from the top so I can clamp it down without needing my thumb on the bottom. This helps with wide boards. But it’s harder to do if the back part is tapered
I found that a really heavy 45 degree chamfer on my holes I am planning to tap helps a ton with preventing tear out when the tap comes through. Also, I found soaking the hole helps get clean internal threads too. I mention this as I'd LOVE to see a good way to get a consistent chamfer on a hole without a power router... So far only rasps, or maybe an enormous countersink? I just don't have anything that comes close to working on my 1.25" tap/die, but I could probabably find one for a .75" tap/die.
Thats awesome! I'd love to find an old metal lathe to convert (or even better a treadle lathe) but its looking like I'm going to have to build it from basically scratch.
You know James, Winky's Workshop just put up a video about making HSS bits for a CNC wood lathe, if you were to follow his designs, you could put the Apron, Cross Slide etc. back on and cut those clamp screws with the treadle lathe... As long as reassembling all of that doesn't leave you ver-clamp-t ... ;)
How much pressure do you need for tight bond for glue. I be interested if you do a video showing by screw revs the actual force being generated by a c clamp, f clamp home made clamps spring clamps. Say for an f clamp you 4 dots on handle every 90 degrees, and start clocking it till you start flexing the bar or cant turn the handle comfortably. I'm not sure but dont believe it linear, but interested in the numbers and the required out put to glue something up!
@@WoodByWright 100 lbs is a weight, not a pressure.... Is this per square inch? I'm Dutch and not working in imperial units, but if I know the area I can figure it out.
Good eye. Yes it is actually a brass needle valve. A friend of mine made it for me a while ago and it's one of my favorites. It's all plumbing parts except for the tip.
That is a 100-year-old Barnes number 5. They're very hard to come by and very expensive. Here's the video or restored this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kURUTelZfmI.html
it is great. I almost never use my leg vices as I just do not use leg vices, but if I had to make just one for a leg vice it would be the Hovarter. I would just go for the wooden handle rather then the wheel, but that is just personal feel.
If I were from the UK, I would say that you were creating a "cramp in your style." Nice work James. Did you get the wood screw die from Lee Valley or Rockler or who? Thank you for great video. Have a great week ahead.
I purchased this one from Tay tools. There's a link to it down description but it's the same one that you can get from many different places. You can even buy it on Amazon.
You are going to have to tell the wooden shoe story some day. I have worn Business Crocs (The ones with leather on top) for more than 10 years and was wondering what comfort level there was in wood? Or did I miss it? :)
I have probably three or four videos focusing on the clogs. They are very comfortable if they are carved to fit your foot. They're not made for running or extended amounts of walking but if you're just shoveling around the shop they are fantastic.
@@namewithoutdigits I meant like a lathe with a motor. He does everything else strictly with hand tools, so when he put it on a lathe I thought it was an electrically powered one, but it wasn’t
Who was thinking about doing it with just hand tools and shaping it down with chisels and files. But I've done that in the past and this is more fun lol
@@namewithoutdigits well, technically, a brace is a machine as is an adjustable plane also. So he uses machines all the time. Though the egg-beater drill may get the nod as a machine by more people, electricity is not a requirement to be a machine. However, if you think about it, all hand tools are driven by electricity, really. Electrical impulses in the human body's nervous system tell which muscle strands to fire when and those muscle fibers drive the operation of the hand tools, so...
Why is the screw placed so far up? On all modern steel bar clamps, the screw is down low so that you can put the boards to rest on the bar. To not have this feature seems unpractical to me.
if you put it lower it will weaken the joint as it would be too close. also for a lot of uses you want more space between the beam and pressure. such as clamping in past dovetails.
I'm sure you have a back log of video ideas but do you think we could get a review of your veritas plane(s)? I haven't seen anything about them that isn't marketing material.
The veritas custom plane? That is pretty much my all-time favorite plane. Even when considering old infills. Here's a video I did long ago about the main reason why I bought it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iIBPj02UuNI.html
@@WoodByWright awesome thank you. I was showing my family the and they decided that I needed a custom #7 (it's backordered to sept 😭) I'm super excited but I know duck-all about them except for them having fence holes. Thanks again. Now you made me NEED a custom #4 :P Edit: With being up to my eyeballs in mesquite I identify on a spiritual level with the pain of reversing grain. It's purdy as all getout when its finished though.
Ooh. Now you're making me jealous. I absolutely love those custom plans. If I could buy anyone playing throughout all of history by any maker that would be my favorite.
@@WoodByWright its been the only new production tool thats really caught my eye. I've always been into "the old ways" just because theyre time tested and well thought out (and the do more with less mentality) but veritas set themselves apart from the crowd with the custom line. Idk if you'd be interested (I can't imagine that it would be too different from the #4 comparison) but you're welcome to use mine in a similar review to the one you linked to. When I finally get it, that is.
