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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 23, 2016 - 06:14am PT
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I got really tired of having crap spread all over my workbench, and having to search for small parts and tools that were lying all over the place. So I decided to make a small tool caddy, but I wanted something creative and out of the ordinary. So I made this tool caddy from curly red maple, and a few magnets. Shaped with wood rasps and gouges.
Shown here with some leather-working tools. I also made the "round knife" shown next to the tool caddy.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Nov 23, 2016 - 06:46am PT
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Some lovely!!!!! Projects taking place!
Susan
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Nov 23, 2016 - 09:49am PT
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TGT2,
I'm curious, was that pump pressurizing hydraulic fluid or water? What type of facility was it being used in?
Also, was the coupling joining the motor shaft to the pump shaft a chain drive, or one of those serrated couplings with the rubber flex inserts? I assume a chain drive, due to those high torque loads.
Sierra Ledge Rat,
Cool idea--Thanks
I might make something similar for my son, as a X'mas gift, since I have quite a bit of tiger maple scraps, similar in size to yours.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Nov 23, 2016 - 06:33pm PT
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TGT2
Thanks for the explanation!
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Nov 23, 2016 - 06:42pm PT
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The tile artists apply finishing touches to the mosaic bar top.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Nov 27, 2016 - 03:54pm PT
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phylp wrote:
Edge, I'm sure I have mentioned this somewhere on ST before: I grew up in New Britain, Ct, home of The Stanley Works. Most of the people in the town worked there or at another giant company called Fafnir Bearing ( later part of Textron). There were dozens of other small tools and part mfging companies as well.
I bet I could still go in any second hand store in town and find old Stanley tools in good shape.
I started collecting the old Stanley Bailey planes early in my woodworking career, in the early 80's. Fortunately New Hampshire was loaded with second hand stores, flea markets, and yard sales, and I was usually able to find a plane in good shape to add to my collection for under $40.
I'm only missing the #1, which I think would be uncomfortable to use with my big mitts and have limited use anyway. Last I knew they were selling for $750+.
The #6 is my favorite, a gift from my wife's godfather from Amsterdam, NY, one Klem Kosinski. Klem was a retired metalworker and pattern maker who gave me the #6 as a gift; it was my first bench plane.
I found both the #6 and 7 at a huge flea market in Taunton, Mass. The dealer, who spoke in a heavy Scottish voice, wanted $40 for the #6 and $50 for the #7. This was an incredible deal, and being a flea market I offered him $75.
He replied in full Highland throat, "if you want to talk me down, we'll start at a higher price, but we'll still end up at $40 for the #6 and $50 for the #7."
I gave him the money straightaway.
I have lots of Stanley tools, mostly older ones when they were made quite well and not the garbage they crank out now.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Nov 29, 2016 - 07:26pm PT
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I would be finished if it were not for being snowed in [skiing] for 3 days,
Damn.
Thanks Contractor,you know what you are talking about.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 29, 2016 - 09:29pm PT
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Learning plane set up and practicing in general. Understand the basics, but there's clearly a lot to know about why one picks up this plane or that for any given piece of wood and how it's used once selected.
Edit: Wow, just saw this - which was eye-opening. I can see now getting thin shavings with a plane is one thing and hogging off a massive amount of wood to flatten and square a board is quite another. Have to try something like this whenever I next get some free time to play.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 30, 2016 - 04:20am PT
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Hey Edge, I've got an old #3 in decent shape. Any idea what it'd retail for? It was my great grandfathers, so it's not going anywhere, I'm just curious.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 30, 2016 - 06:01am PT
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search ebay for "stanley plane no 3"
You'll get plenty of hits...
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climber
away from the ground
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Nov 30, 2016 - 09:12am PT
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Had to hand plane 15 feet of 18" wide rough sawn spruce for some skirt boards.
Used 3 planes and two scrapers. Took a whole day almost.
They came out okay for being 30 year old stock from somebody's shop. The knots were rough, but the rest worked well.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 30, 2016 - 03:10pm PT
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What planes did you use?
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Nov 30, 2016 - 03:59pm PT
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Hey Edge, I've got an old #3 in decent shape. Any idea what it'd retail for? It was my great grandfathers, so it's not going anywhere, I'm just curious.
Brandon, it's been almost three decades since I found my planes; I have no idea what the going rate is. Seeing that it was your grandfathers, I would value it as priceless. It would never mean as much to anyone else as it does to you.
Sierra Ledge Rat, I'm curious about that too; looks like a #5?
I bought a second #5 Stanley plane that I use for surfacing wide boards. I sharpened the blade into a subtle arc so that it removes more material from the center and feathers out to none at the edges. It makes short work and the arc lets you plane at varying angles to the grain to get a cumulative flat.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Nov 30, 2016 - 05:50pm PT
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Thanks for your story, Edge, I enjoyed it.
Phyl
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climber
away from the ground
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Nov 30, 2016 - 10:59pm PT
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SLR, as usual, Edge has a keen eye.
A number 5 Jack to start, ( sharpened almost exactly to how Edge described) followed by a number 6 fore plane, and just kissed with a number 4 smoothing plane. Finished with a light scraping on the face. I "jointed" the edges with the number 6 and a more aggressively sharpened scraper.
Nothing like getting Amish on heirloom value material.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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A number 5 Jack to start I just bought a 1910 Stanley No. 5 Jack, with a flat iron
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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I've been opening and closing this space for months, but last night at the unannounced, 'soft' opening, we had to wait 1/2 hour for a table.
Still a few details to finish, but so far, so good.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nice Edge - must be gratifying.
Got a sled built and picked up an English no. 3 Stanley to go with the 6C and 5.
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