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I am rather pleased with the results on this square! The combination of the circle, triangle and bar make for a nice composition. It has the feel that I aim for and is quite practical. My goal was to replace the orange square with a more appealing tool, just as useful and hand made. […] A pattern maker’s vise can be set at a lot of angles, but first it has to be setup correctly, On a nice thick table like this, a lot of alterations are needed. So I chiseled out a channel for the vise to fit into. The angle lock has to be mounted […] Here is the block part of the new mesquite square. Notice how well the patternmakers vise will grab odd shapes with the dogs up. I have sawn a series of rows where I plan to chisel out the channel for the sliding bar to go. Here is the block after sawing. The […] This vise can hold things just like a regular vise; By shifting the lever on the face, you can change the angle of the vise to grip odd shapes. Here it is skewed the other way! Easy to shift it back to normal! It can be set up to remove or […] One of my favorite woods to work with is mesquite. First the downsides, a big chunk is a rather more expensive bit of wood than most. Another flaw is that the grain is weak so it can easily split with the grain. The dust will stain your hands black, and almost nothing will remove it. […] |
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