Wood "Working"
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Wood "Working"
Starting a couple of little projects which I've decided to do entirely by hand with no power tools. After resawing a few feet of cherry I can appreciate why it is called wood "working".....
Bob
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Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
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Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
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major_bob wrote:Starting a couple of little projects which I've decided to do entirely by hand with no power tools. After resawing a few feet of cherry I can appreciate why it is called wood "working".....
You used a HAND SAW for that resawing?:D
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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I don't know but I would guess you used a saw that wasn't made for that purpose.
I have often related a story where my neighbor got an old world Craftsman in to craft some book cases. I was horrified to learn he was planing to rip a number of 8ft+ boards by hand. I rushed home, got my keys, stopped at he pot, pulled my truck out of the garage, uncovered my Shopsmith, got a rip blade mounted and all the guards in place and rushed back over to tell him to come cut them on my saw. I was in time to watch him cut the last few feet of his last board. The saw looked like it was being ran by a laser guided machine.
My mouth fell open and I spend the rest of the day following this guy around like a puppy watching everything he did. He talked another language so we had to use a lot of sign language but I learned a ton from him that day. He had four saws, a cross cut, a rip cut, a resaw and precision fit saw. He also carried the sharpest chisels I have ever seen and touched them up often with a oil stone(I think because he used spit) to a gleaming cut wood like butter sharpness.
I have often related a story where my neighbor got an old world Craftsman in to craft some book cases. I was horrified to learn he was planing to rip a number of 8ft+ boards by hand. I rushed home, got my keys, stopped at he pot, pulled my truck out of the garage, uncovered my Shopsmith, got a rip blade mounted and all the guards in place and rushed back over to tell him to come cut them on my saw. I was in time to watch him cut the last few feet of his last board. The saw looked like it was being ran by a laser guided machine.
My mouth fell open and I spend the rest of the day following this guy around like a puppy watching everything he did. He talked another language so we had to use a lot of sign language but I learned a ton from him that day. He had four saws, a cross cut, a rip cut, a resaw and precision fit saw. He also carried the sharpest chisels I have ever seen and touched them up often with a oil stone(I think because he used spit) to a gleaming cut wood like butter sharpness.
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Yup, there are a few of those guys left. They are often referred to as "skilled craftsmen".Ed in Tampa wrote:I don't know but I would guess you used a saw that wasn't made for that purpose.
I have often related a story where my neighbor got an old world Craftsman in to craft some book cases. I was horrified to learn he was planing to rip a number of 8ft+ boards by hand. I rushed home, got my keys, stopped at he pot, pulled my truck out of the garage, uncovered my Shopsmith, got a rip blade mounted and all the guards in place and rushed back over to tell him to come cut them on my saw. I was in time to watch him cut the last few feet of his last board. The saw looked like it was being ran by a laser guided machine.
My mouth fell open and I spend the rest of the day following this guy around like a puppy watching everything he did. He talked another language so we had to use a lot of sign language but I learned a ton from him that day. He had four saws, a cross cut, a rip cut, a resaw and precision fit saw. He also carried the sharpest chisels I have ever seen and touched them up often with a oil stone(I think because he used spit) to a gleaming cut wood like butter sharpness.
Had I had a brain in my head, I would have become an apprentice to a gentleman like that. But I did not. I went in the service instead.
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Always great to watch a person that really knows what they are doing. We can learn a lot from how they do things.
I keep finding little windows on this forum, that I don't really know what they do. So sometimes I experiment. Probably shouldn't do that, I know in my shop it can get me into trouble.
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I can recall when I was a kid being around old carpenters who were always arguing over whether a handsaw or an electric saw was best. Of course some of those early electric saw were pretty crude and some weighed a ton.
It was common for some of them to claim that they could cut faster over all with a good handsaw.
I used to have neighbors (fellow farmers) that built a good bit of fence but never used a tractor mounted post hole auger. They claimed that one of the brothers could dig holes by hand faster than a tractor could.
I have a tractor auger but have not used it in a long time. It saves a lot of work but is too much work to mount on the tractor for just a few post holes. I don't "like" digging them by hand but then again I don't much "like" mounting that heavy auger assembly.
I remove about as much fence as I put in these days. To save work I have taken to saving the post holes when I pull out the old post. I store them in an old shed (to keep them from filling with water) until I need them. When I need to build a bit of fence I get a few out and stick them down where I need them. Saves a lot of digging...
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It was common for some of them to claim that they could cut faster over all with a good handsaw.
I used to have neighbors (fellow farmers) that built a good bit of fence but never used a tractor mounted post hole auger. They claimed that one of the brothers could dig holes by hand faster than a tractor could.
I have a tractor auger but have not used it in a long time. It saves a lot of work but is too much work to mount on the tractor for just a few post holes. I don't "like" digging them by hand but then again I don't much "like" mounting that heavy auger assembly.
I remove about as much fence as I put in these days. To save work I have taken to saving the post holes when I pull out the old post. I store them in an old shed (to keep them from filling with water) until I need them. When I need to build a bit of fence I get a few out and stick them down where I need them. Saves a lot of digging...
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill