Recent content by Trafalgar

Car battery chargers, sacrificial anodes, electrolysis bath, cabling, awful fumes vs. a bottle of liquid that's reusable and has practically no odor? Akin to doing an appendectomy through the throat.

Why take it apart? The handle will clean fine, in situ, and frankly so will the blade. Sounds like you're contemplating a more drastic cleaning and I would encourage you not to do that. Find some scrap wood. Apply a generous amount of household oil to the blade. Rip the wood as far as the...

No, not really.

Evaporust. Nothing else is even close.

My very camera shy European slider table saw is my most beautiful tool.

In a shallow housing or groove you have to be careful not to undercut the edge too much (or at all) or it can crumble. It's easy to get carried away with this cutter and start jabbing the walls of the housing or groove you're cutting.

The spear point blades are for working the undercut in a dovetail housing, where the floor has to be clean and smooth for the joint to work.

Yes, this happens when the clamp pads aren't plain rubber. Whatever they make them out of now, bleeds some sort of oil onto the wood. I have had some penetrate so deep it could not be sanded or scraped out without leaving a depressed mark on the wood. You'll need to interpose something...

You might find this interesting. I doubt this chair has 5 bd. ft. of lumber in it.

Again, really terrific work though I am patiently awaiting the arrival of an armchair blacksmith to tell you that you're doing it all wrong. ;)

Fascinating stuff. Thanks.

Beautiful. Krenov would have been proud to have made it. What stunning woodworking. One of the finest pieces I've seen posted on a woodworking forum in a very, very long time -- maybe ever.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1208364744/vintage-rawlplug-no-8-plugging-chisel

My post was very tongue-in-cheek...

Wait what, no duplicates? Those kits can't possibly be considered serious -- you need at least four of everything.