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Grrrrrrrr – 93 degree corners

February 5, 2012 by Bob Easton 3 Comments

What comes after a Good Day in the Shop?

One of the very few “modern” tools I have in my shop is a not-often-used Jorgensen “Precision” Miter saw. Bought decades ago, it did an almost acceptable job of cutting baseboards. Have you ever found a square corner in a house? Making adjustments after a cut is an expected part of the work.

Fast forward to today. I’m cutting molding to wrap around the edges of a board that I have very carefully squared. Using the miter box’s built-in detents, my results are something like a 93 degree corner. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

photo of a metal miter box and saw photo of moldings that don't make a square corner

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A Good Day in the Shop

February 5, 2012 by Bob Easton 2 Comments

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Hollows and Rounds after the bath

January 30, 2012 by Bob Easton 4 Comments

Tobias asked about any ill effects of using vinegar. So, here are a couple of pics of the results of an overnight bath in plain old, edible, distilled white vinegar. (straight from the grocery store, 5% acidity) Metal that was not previously rusted shows no noticeable change. Places where there was red rust are now free of the roughness, but are darker gray. There were some blotchy darker areas that are unchanged.  Heck, I’m only 1/3 the age of these plane irons and I’ve got blotches.

photo of derusted plane irons close up photo of de-rusted irons

Next: sharpening, which as I mentioned to “Boy” will be freehand using  a course India stone and two finer grades of Arkansas stones. The rounds can be sharpened on normal flat stones, the hollows on rounded edge slip stones.

Filed Under: Hand tools, Woodcarving, Woodworking

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