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Hello, The blade holder of Bailey pattern bench planes is called "frog" in English. Does anybody know, how could this have happened? I find this name quite mysterious, as the aforementioned part does not resemble a real frog at all. Have a nice day, János

Hello, The blade of my Stanley low angle block plane is approaching the end of its life (I have bought it in 1993, so it has taken me a decade to use it up). I decided to make the replacement blade myself. Today I have made the blade. I cut it from a piece of flat rolled tool steel sheet. The...

Hello, These are my latest pieces: Have a nice day, János

Hello, I have decided to show you my lathe/workplace: And the latest pieces I have made on it: Have a nice day, János

Hello, I have bought a Dick rabbet block plane recently. This is a small review. The plane is hefty and well finished, the inside has a pale brown coat of paint/powder coating. the sole is flat. Sides are square with the sole. The adjuster has a quarter turn of backlash. Mouth opening is under...

Hello, I am going to buy a scroll chuck. I have found Axminster's K10 good enough for me, but I have been unable to find data about the adjustment range of the jaws on their homepage. Could any of you tell me more about this? I would like to use the chuck to hold onto smaller diameter (25~40...

Hello to all, We have talked a lot about chisels nowadays… Some posts raised a question in me. How many types of chisels do you use, and at which bevel angles? I use mortising chisels, driven with a wooden mallet, and sharpen them to approximately 32 deg. I use bevel edged and firmer chisels...

Hello, I have finished this today. Not exactly what you might call turnery, but some parts of it have been turned :wink: It was made from black walnut and maple. Have a nice day, János

Dear Members, I must admit that I have made you a participant in a little experiment of mine, in anticipation of your consent. There has been a long thread about Japanese chisels. japanese-chisel-problem-tool-or-user-t49457-30.html I copied into it a table and a part of the text from a test...

Hello, These are some handplanes, I have made over the years for myself. From back to front: a high angle, double iron smoother, with brass sole, a toothing plane, a scraping plane, and a mitre plane (or a low angle smoother, it depends on your point of view :wink: ), with 32 deg bed angle...

Hello, I need your knowledge and help! I have read a few articles about turning spherical objects on the web. One of them mentioned a "ring scraper" for smoothing spheres. I know the basic geometry laying behind this, but never seen or used such a tool, and my books do not mention it. I use...

Hello, These are woodturning tools I have made for myself, from high speed steel blank knives for metal cutting lathes. From right to left: 12 mm single bevel chisel (a bedan if you wish so), my favorite tool 16 mm box scraper 12 mm round nose scraper 16 mm bowl scraper 19 mm skew chisel 19 mm...