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Hi everybody! I had a clifton plane N° 4 from Clico in august 2014 on which I wrote a review on my magazine for italian woodworkers. I found that the upper side of the frog is poorly finished while the other one face is nearly mirror polished. Yes, the plane works well but I'd like to know if...

Hi everybody! After a couple of years (or more) far from this forum I'm back. In the last two years I did a lot of things. I founded a woodworking school and I've become the publisher of Legnolab. The italian woodworking magazine I worked for in the last 6 years. I'd like to share the first...

Ciao a tutti! I was very busy in the last year so I had less time to visit this forum. One of the causes of my being away was the construction of a Louis XV stile table that I made for LegnoLab a new italian review about wood in which I work with some very skilled friends. Here a short version...

A little experiment with my little lathe. No translation is needed follow the pictures from the bottom! http://forum.il-legno.it/viewtopic.php? ... ce#p238380 bye!

The seller of the lathe in the link will kindly disassemble and prepare it for the shipping on a pallet. Does anyone know a cheap and safe shipping company? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... PIC&ih=003 thanks giacomo

don't know if the right place for a topic like this....... On next saturday 15 and monday 16 I'm going to have a wooden party in my workshop in viterbo. Good food, good wine and wood, tools, tricks, sawdust, fireplace, sausages, workbench, pasta, carving, etc. etc. .... All you are invited!

ciao a tutti, This is my last woodcarving work (the big thing in the shirt on the right is non mine!) Those are the remaining pieces of a XVI century carved and gilded frame. Despite of first impression under the rotten chalk the wood looks still good. Is’nt so ? Ok, first I had to copy...

Ciao, here some pics of my latest work: a walnut table in XVII century style. Measures 77x162x82 Cm. Finishing: wax on a shellack base In the last picture the table in his final place with a walnut big chair also made in my shop (I made 14) Here some more pics (including the one in...

Hi everybody, I'm a little tempted to build something like this: http://www.wpatrickedwards.com/EtudeMarq.htm Looked for plans an found them too expensive (150 euro) for my pockets. Maybe someone knows a place (museum or something else) in wich the chevalet is shown. Does anybody? another...

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Hi everybody! I'm going to buy some of those japan chisels: ebay link They are my first and, obviously, I know nothing about this kind of tool. Does anyone know\own\use yet those miyanaga chisels? thanks in advance giacomo

Hello everybody, I have a little problem about veneering a panel with feathered Mahogany, the surface is flat and the problem is that the only mahogany I found has many cracks and a lot of waves, fortunately no holes and\or parts missing. The piece of furniture I'm restoring (secretaire, we...

Hi everybody, I’m Giacomo from Viterbo (a medieval town 80 km north far from Rome), I’m a restorer and cabinet maker and I discovered this forum reading a message written by our friend Domvalente on Il-legno.it, the italian forum of woodworkers. I‘m moderator in that forum and also a member of...