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    Titanium alloy chisels.

    Apologies if this has already been discussed: https://www.dictum.com/en/western-type-babc/zen-wu-premium-titanium-chisels-5-piece-set-745323 I've never heard of titanium in cutting tool alloys before. And the price! Mind you, the leather case looks nice. Any thoughts?
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    Slats in window shutters.

    Good point! I think that's definitely a non-starter, then.
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    Slats in window shutters.

    Morning All. I've been asked to make some window shutters for a friend, the degree of weathering on the current ones making them fit only for firewood. Their construction is very simple: rectangular, grooved frame with the slats/rails simply fitting into the grooves. The surface of the latter...
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    Plane blades that get no secondary bevel?

    Thank you, gentlemen. I think that I'm going to have a go with just the primary bevels that my irons came with, irrespective of bevel up or down. I know that I won't mind going to the stones a little more often, unless it gets silly. I'll report back once I've got there.
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    Plane blades that get no secondary bevel?

    Thanks Andy, that's crystal clear. It then brings me to the final point: setting different wood grain types aside, is there any reason for not keeping a bench plane at 25° (assuming you don't mind spending a tad longer when honing) i.e. will it plane just as well as at 30°? I suspect that the...
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    Plane blades that get no secondary bevel?

    I have to point out that my query was not about the S word nor was it an invitation to a blood letting about S.😁 However, I tend to use the Veritas guide for the plough and rebate blades. The secondary bevels on the bench planes get done free hand. Mike, I find your point about it only taking...
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    Plane blades that get no secondary bevel?

    As a rule I wouldn't think of putting a secondary bevel on blades for the following planes: Plough, Router and Skewed Rebate. My reasoning is that they don't get hammered like bench planes and so stay sharper much longer and their smaller size (the skewed rebate is the biggest) means that it...
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    The joys of viruses - especially Covid

    I've never know so many cold-type viruses to be in circulation at one time as they were in the winter just gone. I had three conventional colds in the period Nov-Dec and then to top it all I started with Covid just as the Christmas hols began. I had forgotten to get the jab. Never again. As soon...
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    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I think it worth pointing out that an absolute beginner, working on his/her own would take a different view of the likes of Paul Sellers and David Charlesworth than someone with a lot of experience and perhaps professional training. It wasn't until I took up woodworking (as opposed to doing the...
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    Pathetic attempt - first dovetail joint ever done.

    Duke, if my experience is anything to go by, the most frustrating is yet to come. It involves cutting loads of dovetails that you're not quite happy with - frustrating because you put so much effort in and were so careful. Then one day you will pick up a couple of offcuts and decide to fill two...
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    Bob '9fingers' Minchin

    Very sad news. May he rest in peace.
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    Salt and pepper mills - yew?

    I had to grin at your last sentence. Anybody answering it the wrong way could potentially be had up for conspiracy to murder.:ROFLMAO: Alas, I cannot answer your question, knowing little about the toxicity of yew. If it gets too difficult, an AK-47 might be useful.
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    Book for learning piano.

    Thank you for the replies. Mike, I think I'll get the two books you recommend. They sound like the sort of thing I'm after. BTW, what part of Germany are you in? I live near Mannheim. Adrian, I understand what you wrote in your penultimate paragraph about learning principles and applying them...
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    Book for learning piano.

    As I mentioned on another thread, I have recently bought myself a piano and would ultimately like to learn to play jazz. However, one has to be able to walk before one can run. Therefore I wonder if anyone can make a couple of recommendations for books. The first thing I want is a book which...
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    Building a Piano Stool

    Obviously I'm now at least temporarily out of the piano stool making game. That said, I like this design so much that I could imagine copying it in a posher wood.
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    Building a Piano Stool

    It can be funny how events sometimes seem to conspire in an unlikely way. Yesterday I went down a street I've never walked down before and went past a piano shop: Mon - Fri only, Sat by appointment. There was however a bloke opening the door as I went past. He confirmed the former info and he...
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    Building a Piano Stool

    I've just bought myself an electric piano and have decided that it would be a good idea to build the stool for it myself. The internet tells me that an ideal height is 18" - 22". Would I be right in thinking that one's feet should be touching the ground and the thighs should be parallel to the...
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    Paduk, gluing thereof....

    I tend to the view that zebrano can be a bit visually overpowering and it would perhaps be best employed for visual accents. However, I think it works brilliantly on your paper bin. If I can ever summon up the courage to take my rip saw to it, I might try to make one of those. Then the...
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    Paduk, gluing thereof....

    Excuse me sort of hijacking the thread with a similar question, but what's zebrano like when it comes to planing and gluing up? It looks like its would be absolute murder to rip. I ask because I got a roughly 4' x 8" x 2" plank of it for a tenner.
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    Application of Glue

    I've only used my new kit once but I immediately went to the palette end of the brushes as opposed to the brushes themselves. For small surfaces - in this case the walls of small mortices - they were perfect. I'll probably use the brush ends for somewhat larger surfaces.
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