Unplugged...

[woodbloke]

I don't know if anyone's had a shuftie here but it looks a pretty useful site. The guy makes everything completely by hand, so should suit PaulC :lol: I also got hold of a copy of his book which I peeked into last night but haven't yet had a chance to look at in detail - Rob

 

[jimi43]

And....he uses Philly planes!

Must be good!

8)

Jim

 

[Paul Chapman]

And.....several honing guides

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Alf]

I confess I found the book a bit underwhelming; bit too much the machine tool mindset and trying to replicate it with hand tools for my taste. But if he gets folks thinking beyond the router and the tablesaur, well and good.

Honestly, all this does make me feel old. I remember when using hand tools wasn't fashionable. :lol:

 

[cambournepete]

His hair would be dangerous if he used power tools... :shock:

 

[TheTiddles]

he's got one of them half-finished planes like you have too, Rob

Aidan

 

[woodbloke]

I confess I found the book a bit underwhelming; bit too much the machine tool mindset and trying to replicate it with hand tools for my taste. But if he gets folks thinking beyond the router and the tablesaur, well and good.

Honestly, all this does make me feel old. I remember when using hand tools wasn't fashionable. :lol:

So far, I've found it quite good, some glaring errors and discrepancies in places but generally OK. Some of the pics are out of focus :x though which is irritating. He takes a descriptive rather than prescriptive view on most matters which is good though where he found that Alan Peters uses the 140 trick (use of the LN 140 to plane a small shoulder prior to marking out dovetail pins) I don't know...it's not mentioned in Alan's book - Rob

 

[Alf]

I imagine that's where Rob Cosman says he got it from? It'd probably be a first if someone was being credited with something they didn't come up with - usually it's the other way round. :lol:

 

[woodbloke]

I imagine that's where Rob Cosman says he got it from?

Correct Al, but I've never seen any ref to AP using the 140 for that particular application - Rob

 

[eoinsgaff]

I've had a look around the site and I don't see the AP LN140 trick. Where abouts was it?

Eoin

 

[Alf]

S'in the book iirc, Eoin.

I suddenly recalled RC did an article or two for Pop Wood, and in one on houndstooth DTs (April 2006) he credits the tip to Ian Kirby. I wonder if he mentions it in any of his DVDs? I'm pretty sure he wasn't using it in the original dovetailing one, but maybe one of the later ones.

 

[Harbo]

In his booklet on Dovetails RC does not credit it to anyone?

I'm sure I have read it somewhere else from another "expert" - but I've read so many books - memory, memory ........ :?

Rod

 

[Pete W]

Chris Schwarz discusses in detail here:
http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/bl ... tails.aspx

He credits it to Glen Huey, but mentions that "other dovetailers" including Rob Cosman use it.

 

[eoinsgaff]

S'in the book iirc, Eoin.

Ah, thanks Alf. I miss understood (misread) Robs post.

Eoin

 

[Alf]

I hit the DVDs and RC mentions it in Drawermaking, the Professional Approach:

Alan Peters does this. I didn't realise it until I spent some time with him recently.

The inference was that he'd been using it for a while before discovering that AP also did it. Anyway, I'm guessing that's where the attribution comes from. Sounds like Glen Huey might have got there first though, unless he got it from Ian Kirby too? Anyone got a copy of The Complete Dovetail?

 

[OPJ]

His hair would be dangerous if he used power tools... :shock:

The only risk there is what damage his dreadlocks would do to the tooling!! :wink: