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Category Archives: Tools
Tools and Family
I recently made a trip South to see my family, and came back with a car load of tools. It wasn’t very long ago at all that I looked at the list of essential tools woodworkers should have, and wondered … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Germane, Tools
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A Saw with a Depth-Stop
In a shocking change of pace, there’s actual woodworking being done today, by me. Will – with a little luck and time – post an update about this project real soon. One thing I needed to do was make 4 … Continue reading
Benefits of a good scrubbing down
Quick comment from the restoration of my Stanley No. 2358 Mitre Box. I’ve looked up quite a few of these online, looking for photos of what parts exist, and (unsuccessfully, so far) attempting to identify when mine was made. I’ve … Continue reading
A Few More Tools
Over the last week and a half I’ve picked up a few more tools. These weren’t found; they were purchased. Two were picked up from a gentleman Mike Siemsen introduced me to, Matt Amundson, who lives a couple hours down … Continue reading
Posted in Planes, Saws, Tools
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Saw Sharpening with Mike Siemsen
On Saturday I took my first woodworking class. Mike Siemsen’s School of Woodworking is located just North of the Twin Cities, a little over two hours from me. With all these saws I’ve come into and been cleaning up, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Experts, Saws, Sharpening, Tools
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Finding a Stanley No. 2358 Miter Box
Imagine walking into an outbuilding to see what’s inside. There haven’t been windows or a door on the building for some unknown length of time. Inside, rodents scramble for cover underneath old rolled up carpets, half eroded cardboard boxes, empty … Continue reading
E.C. Atkins 26 inch Crosscut
Shown here is an E.C. Atkins 26 inch crosscut saw. This will be the last of the “I-Found-A-Saw-And-Cleaned-It-Up” posts for now. There are a couple places on the property that I might still turn another one up. We’ll see. Next … Continue reading
Posted in Saws, Tools
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Warran-and-Ted Superior 26″ Rip Saw
Shown is a 26 inch rip saw, 5 1/2 points-per-inch, that cleaned up nicely, and I think will work quite well: That Warranted Superior medallion is hard on someone the likes of me, who wants to know who my tools … Continue reading
Posted in Saws, Tools
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Help Identifying a Sandvik Crosscut Saw
Shown is a Sandvik 20″ crosscut, with 10 points-per-inch (or 9 teeth-per-inch; learned that saws are marked with their point count, rather than teeth count). There was some etching on this one, but I’ve lost it. I only very lightly … Continue reading
Posted in Saws, Tools
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“Gilt Edge” 18-ish” Crosscut
Yet another old-saw-post, folks. I realize this isn’t fascinating stuff for my half-dozen followers. This blog serves as an informal personal diary of my woodworking adventures, and I want to be able to read about these saws someday in the … Continue reading
Posted in Saws, Tools
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