Argus
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In recent times I’ve been making all dry joints – no glues – held with drawbore pins, T&G, that sort of stuff.
It must be something to do with retirement and lots of time on my hands....... No matter.
This means that I make a sliding-fit mortise/tennon, not too tight and not at all slack and to get a good fit I’ve become a big fan of cabinet makers’ floats, which are ideal for this sort of work.
Guess what is very difficult to find? You got it. Cabinet makers' floats.
I know that L N list some (made for them by others) and I already have one. I won’t go into detail, but sad to say that it is not up to their usual quality.
But, it's an old style tool, supplanted in many places by routers and biscuits and they were never plentiful anyway, but there must be some out there lying in the bottom of old tool chests.
Just floating (oops, sorry about that!) an expression of interest if anyone has some that they no longer use!
(PS similar, but not the same as Plane makers' floats, - I know that there are a few plane makers here).
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In recent times I’ve been making all dry joints – no glues – held with drawbore pins, T&G, that sort of stuff.
It must be something to do with retirement and lots of time on my hands....... No matter.
This means that I make a sliding-fit mortise/tennon, not too tight and not at all slack and to get a good fit I’ve become a big fan of cabinet makers’ floats, which are ideal for this sort of work.
Guess what is very difficult to find? You got it. Cabinet makers' floats.
I know that L N list some (made for them by others) and I already have one. I won’t go into detail, but sad to say that it is not up to their usual quality.
But, it's an old style tool, supplanted in many places by routers and biscuits and they were never plentiful anyway, but there must be some out there lying in the bottom of old tool chests.
Just floating (oops, sorry about that!) an expression of interest if anyone has some that they no longer use!
(PS similar, but not the same as Plane makers' floats, - I know that there are a few plane makers here).
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