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At about 4:00, he uses a plane to create the inverse of the bead on the tenon shoulder. Never seen one like that - is it an Americanism, or do they just not survive as well and the others ?

Plumber's Mait smells of linseed oil to me - very like window putty. If so, note the advice in the article you posted :- "If ordinary tub lead is used, the stone will absorb the linseed oil and be hardened".

Looking at the article Andy posted, I see mention of placing a block of wood at each end of the stone as a kind of run off space to allow the full length of the stone to be used. I have dim memory of the oilstones being mounted like that in our school woodwork shop. Is it common practice ? And...

Oops sorry, I did mean to refer to the period of the professional bodger - they died out about 1950 I think.

I wouldn't disagree, did enjoyment enter into the picture for any working class career ? But remember almost half of those pieces are stretchers, which are simpler than legs. They are just a cigar shape, no beads. As I mentioned earlier, flats from riving very (too) close to the finished...

Andy's figures agree closely with the ones in Jack Hill's book. About 150 pieces per day. "Log to leg" races are an event at various greenwood events. The title almost says it all, except that the requirement is a matching pair of legs, based on a prototype "master leg", with a system of...

Can I sneak in a quick plug for this: http://www.communitywoodrecycling.org.uk/

I never cease to be amazed at the human ability to believe things despite all evidence to the contrary. I set out on an academic career in robotics. Had my nose in electronics and computing since I was 12. Built two robots by the time I was 16. 8 years at Uni. Never made it to Prof. Gave up...

From the dimensions, I assume you are looking for rake or hoe handles, not spade or fork ? Do they need to be different from wooden broom handles ?

My various attempts have included 4" PVC waste pipe, which worked a few times but did deform quite a bit. With some support it might last a good few uses. Currently using 4" aluminium tube, wrapped in an old fleece blanket for insulation. But I do wonder, what about stainless steel twinwall...

Regarding the 10000 hours (with apologies for any thread derailment I've caused), some of the reasons for my scepticism have been touched on by Custard and others: 10000 hours to what level of proficiency ? Over what breadth of skills ? With a good level of decent experience and tuition, or...

I'm also sure most of these saws began parallel. But they become tapered through normal use, not necessarily being dropped. The back holds the blade in tension, if straightening is needed a hammer tap at the heel and toe pulls it straight. After many repeats of this, the plate which was...

I've certainly heard it asserted many times, with never any substantiation. And I firmly believe it to be a load of old cobblers, probably perpetuated by people with a protectionist agenda.

:lol: :lol: =D> Nice try.

Drax ?

But in the article he is talking about using green wood for the parts turned on a pole lathe, the original being dated 1720-1800. In which case it could be riven quickly from a log, no flat faces to glue join. You would select and cleave the billet to minimise movement. The glue together and...

Whilst waiting for the finish to dry on my lath back chair, I've been dipping in to Mortise & Tenon magazine, Issue 2. Particularly Joshua Klein's banister-back chair. For my not-quite-a-set off four chairs, I want four different back styles, so far I have a spindle back, ladder back and a lath...

I've trimmed the legs, and cleand up a little. I'm waiting for the second coat of wiped on Danish oil to dry at the moment. Over that will go a beeswax/linseed/turpentine polish I've used on the other chairs it needs to match. The seat will be seagrass like the others too, but I have run out...

Regarding the woodturner story. This is the double whammy of turning a fun hobby into a money making job. What's fun to dabble in can be laborious to do full time. But pricewise, noone will pay what your time is worth because you are competing with the hobbyists who are still having fun and...

Did you ever say what plane you were using ? If the skates snd fence are not parallel it will always be a struggle, so worth turning it over and having a squint down them.