Cedar Worktable Material Testing

It rained for a week and my table got nice and wet.

The wax has done a good job of protecting the table, but when I move the clamp over you can see the rust caused by steel on cedar.

This happened through wax, so moisture, cedar and steel don’t mix.

The stainless […]

Loose Grit is not always the best choice.

Here is a bad knot I decided to try grinding with loose 80 grit aluminum oxide.

I used a rough metal plate to rub and roll the grit.

It cleaned the metal plate better than it did the wood.

It did a good enough job, so I cleaned it up. Not the […]

Japanese Smoothing Plane, Part 2

Silly in a way to show a Japanese Plane that is not a smoothing plane in a smoothing plane article.

The shaving is uneven on the left side. This means the blade projects more out of the bottom on the right side than the left. For most work, this would need to be fixed.

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Keith Cruickshank's Video Blog

WoodTreks is a blog well worth adding to your RSSfeed! The cinematography is superb and the content solid. Quite a few key sets of information have been presented clearly here. Seeing some of these methods done by someone else can often spark serious understanding and fill in gaps in knowledge.

Keith clearly knows and loves […]

Japanese Smoothing Plane

A smoothing plane is one that makes nice fine smooth surfaces on wood. They usually have a reasonably wide profile, so that side to side, they are quite stable on the surface being planed. They also usually have a slight curve upward at the edges of the plane so that they leave a gentle edge […]