woodbloke
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Went round to Chisels (Paul) 'shop this afternoon and had a really good time, played around with all sorts of very nice toys....very impressed with the LN low angle BU planes, not much IMO to choose between the LN and LV planes. Paul also very kindly let me use his large Startrite bandsaw to resaw a couple of bits of English Walnut to use as the lining for my Comp casket, so many thanks for that Paul and again for giving me all sorts of do's and don'ts about using chain saws, definitely got me thinking on that one. We had a delve into Paul's woodshed and came up with this:
which I may have in mind for a plane making project :wink:.....but does anyone have any idea what it is? It looks like ash, but isn't and is pretty hard and heavy,it's got a density of 38lbs/cu. We thought it might be hornbeam, but on looking at my LN chisel handles (couldn't compare it to Pauls chisels 'cos he's got the cocobolo handles....small gloat for you Paul ) it's clearly not and besides, referring to one of my books, hornbeam has a density of 50lbs/cu'. Any ideas?
I should have taken some pics of Paul's lathe...just about one of the most droolworthy bits of kit I've ever seen.....mega impressive, as is the stuff made on it. Paul, thank's for all the bits of timber, it's all been salted away in my 'shop, will probably resaw the spalted sycamore for another small casket, need to unload the oak from the Landy..... oh, thanks for the mushrooms :wink:
Will call in PFT re a 'Y' lever as promised and let you know what the situation is. Seem also to have ended up with an extra pair of red handled snipe nosed pliers :lol: , will let you have your pair back next time I see you. Thanks again for the afternoon and the excellent hospitality - Rob
which I may have in mind for a plane making project :wink:.....but does anyone have any idea what it is? It looks like ash, but isn't and is pretty hard and heavy,it's got a density of 38lbs/cu. We thought it might be hornbeam, but on looking at my LN chisel handles (couldn't compare it to Pauls chisels 'cos he's got the cocobolo handles....small gloat for you Paul ) it's clearly not and besides, referring to one of my books, hornbeam has a density of 50lbs/cu'. Any ideas?
I should have taken some pics of Paul's lathe...just about one of the most droolworthy bits of kit I've ever seen.....mega impressive, as is the stuff made on it. Paul, thank's for all the bits of timber, it's all been salted away in my 'shop, will probably resaw the spalted sycamore for another small casket, need to unload the oak from the Landy..... oh, thanks for the mushrooms :wink:
Will call in PFT re a 'Y' lever as promised and let you know what the situation is. Seem also to have ended up with an extra pair of red handled snipe nosed pliers :lol: , will let you have your pair back next time I see you. Thanks again for the afternoon and the excellent hospitality - Rob