Roger K. Smith’s Stanley Transitional Type Study
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April 10, 2019 Helve a Small Bearded Hatchet by James E. Price
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March 26, 2019 A Hollow Auger Made From a Skewed Rabbet Plane
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March 17, 2019 An Early Brace circa 1820’s
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March 17, 2019 The Stanley #85 by James Price
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March 17, 2019 G.L. Holt’s Bit for Boring Wood
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March 1, 2019 Union X-Series Bench Planes
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A Derusting Shoot-out
By Blair Kemp I thought i would do a quick shoot out for rust removal when scrubbing for light removal. This seems to be a …
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Huber and Flickinger Patent Plane
From the collection of Justin Boesch A very rare Huber and Flickinger Patent Plane (all patent information referenced from datamp.org) US Patent: 145,106 Patent Dates: …
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Interesting Hand Plane Tidbit for Today (1)
Samuel Oxhandler’s design, patent #D137,230, for a bench plane was done for the Sargent Company of New Haven, Connecticut. It was later cited as a …
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Hand Planes By Modern Grinder Company
From the depths of the tool shelves I dug out these planes of which most have never heard. A M0220 M03 and M04. These were made …
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Ohio Tools Block Planes
Here is my modest collection to date of Ohio Tools Block Planes. I think it covers a wide spectrum of what you’ll find for …
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Stanley Two Tone
Written 5/3/91 By Carl Stoutenberg Special Thanks to Roger K. Smith Regarding the OH series Planes reported on with much speculation on page 30 of …
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Roger K. Smith’s Stanley Transitional Type Study
Also see a list of my Stanley Transitionals. Although not all types are represented, all sizes are. Type 1. Boston Bailey 1867-1869 A. Trademark stamped …
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Diamond Edge #4C by Shapliegh
Diamond Edge #4C by Shapliegh Shapliegh Hardware Co Diamond Edge – Diamond Edge was a brand name used by the Shapliegh Hardware Co. Many were made by Sargent but …
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My 2″ x 72" belt grinder build
Join the conversation on the forum I wanted to build a 2 x 72″ belt grinder. I did a bunch of research and formulated a …
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Rehanging the Gutter Adze
I bought this gutter adze at a flea market earlier this summer. I brought it home and sharpened it. It worked fairly well, but the …
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Shelton #04 or maybe not.
This Shelton plane was manufactured under the US Patent: 1,914,609 by Cornelius J. MacAller – Derby, CT. The Shelton Plane and Tool Manufacturing was …
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My First Coal Forge Fire Up Making A Coat Hook
This is my make shift back yard red neck coal burning forge. What a learning experience this has been. This is an old wood stove …
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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 2
Authored By: – RS Woodworks <–Back to Part 1 Part 3 –> So now that the plane is cleaned, and the sole and right …
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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 1
Authored By: – RS Woodworks Part 2 –> Part 3 –> With having finished my shooting board, I decided to restore this mitreplane to use …
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A “Sargent made Dunlap”–Chip Breakers-Cutters and Hock
This Dunlap #408 came to me in a lot of other planes, so being a bit of a Sargent fanatic, I decided to see what …
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Plane Makers Float Review
Plane Makers Float Review By Darren Young from the Willow Wood Shop Plane Makers Floats I have been meaning to write this review for quite some …
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JayT’s Building the Infill Shooting Plane
Author: Jay T I built a couple of what came to be called Transitional Infill Shooting Planes. A few people asked for a blog, but …
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Saga of the Short Saw: A Successful Lesson of Failure
Author: Eli Jensen “KILL IT! END IT NOW!” Yells the team captain. The crowd is screaming and I have just a few more inches of …
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United States Forest Service Cross Cut Saw Manual
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf77712508/pdf77712508dpi72.pdf
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Walter Cresson – Philadelphia Sawmaker
After finding this Walter Cresson hand saw in an antique shop in Palmer MA, I went looking for some information on it. For a saw …
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Disston D-24
LOOKING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION After looking through my very limited Disston documentation, Disston Institute and Hand Saw Makers of North American, I couldn’t find a …
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