Recent content by tnimble

Nail polish; any decent color will do. To be removed with acetone a.k.a. nail polish remover.

Yes is does, jus like lapping the sole or sides reduces value. However this also very much depends on the state of the plane without restoration. Only preserving a plane like in LNs blog has little to no value to begin with. Also the type of refinishing done determines the amount of decrease or...

That's not quite true I'm afraid. Tar the main component of tarmac is a coal distillate and chemically not equal to / non related to asphaltum. Asphaltum or man made asphalt is a petroleum distillate. Luckily the material used for a bypass is different in quality. Also instead of pure man made...

Check my thread on Japanning / Enemal kiln and scroll down a bit for my black recipe. Nowadays I also add about a thee spoon of beeswax. I don't use comercial boiled linseed oil (which is not boiled b.t.w.) but raw linseed oil I boil my self. Depending on the season and time at hand either by...

Depending on the state of the plane the rust removal and some flattening of the sole would be the thing to bring the plane back with the patina and value remaining. Otherwise restoring instead of preservinmg is the way to go. I've tried 'spot'/parcial re-Japanning with very varying results...

No need for a japenese saw to do this. Just make one cut down, tilt the blade and do one starting in the middle or the existing saw kerve. Or do the rest with a needle file. Just before work I played around for a bit with my JMP. At least for the tails part I can fit about upto 8 tails per...

I would have liked to get more done, but alas some things came up. FWIW:

To add to what jasonB said/ Although applying 'seems' easier (this is very relative) and definably is quicker, the choice of wood species is more limited. Also the manufacturer has decided for you how to match and layout the grain of the veneers, often not very much thought has gone into...

I'll have a go at it this evening.

Most of the new build houses over here, in Belgum and I believ in Garmanny and Austria have all a 3 phase connection for quite some years now. Either only one of the phases is connected to the meter and distribution board (more and more uncommon these days) or all phases are divided over the...

Wind is one (although the effectiveness increases when the wind is captured at greater height (about 160 meters and higher) and at lower blade rotational speed, for this the blades needs to have the blades aligned not only with the wind direction but also the pitch of the blade with the wind...

I would certainly not consider going the photovoltaic route except for as just to experiment if you have really deep interests in that (and deep pockets) The only effective means of generating electricity from solar engergy is going the CSP route. This means to collect, focus, heat capture...

Today I finished up the assembly. I only had to do the flip stops, the cursor (that was a bit hard to get in the tiny slot with my clumsy big fingers), the blad and adjust/align everything. I now only need to build a deeper bench (already designed, and the beach has been aclimating for near a...

Everything is comming together: I very much like the black and blue blade guides who firmly hold the blade straigth and upright just below where the blade protrudes the tables. Onlt the flip stops have to be mounted, the blade inserted and aligned along the length of the tables.

You're absolutely right Neil! And besides that fact (which could also be solved by having the seller flag the items that are a weapon, along with some regulation and checks by ebay personal who can easily do random keywordchecks manually) they should accept other kind of age verification such as...