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114832 | "Leon E. Zimlich" <LZimlich@e...> | 2003‑03‑01 | Bio and Questions (long) |
I am an amateur woodworker in Santa Barbara, CA, reviving an interest in woodworking after twenty-five years of being distracted by other pursuits. The process of gathering tools and learning how to use them feeds my interest for the moment. In time I would like to tackle such projects as Shaker style furniture. I am self-taught, not having had any instruction apart from what I have gotten from books, tv and now a single video. Like many others I've watched Norm's show, but he always leaves me dissatisfied, such as when he lifted the lid of a small cherry jewelry box and the still planer rippled surface of the wood was briefly evident. I got started down the slippery slope most recently after making plans for a simple box to hold a VCR. As the planning for that proceeded I realized that I didn't have the right tools for the job. Saws I had, but not a shooting board or adequate plane. This led to gathering together a Stanley 5 jack plane, an old 60½ block plane then a no. 4 smoother and a 5½ jack plane. Stanley 6 and 7 planes are on my list of things to watch for. And of course I wanted to expand my small collection of sharpening stones, added a few oilstones and now I'm a convert to waterstones. And maybe my little saws aren't quite what I need so I'd like to find some good user saws, crosscut, rip, tenon and dovetail. Learning how to sharpen them has led me to gather together a pile of mill and taper files, a Stover saw vise and a few Stanley sawsets, Harold "Dynamite" Payson's book and Tom Law's video. When I first became interested in woodworking so long ago it was Aldren Watson's _Country Furniture_ that captured my attention. Later James Krenov's books were important to me, together with Bernard Jones' _Complete Woodworker_. More recently I have been studying David Finck's _Making and Mastering Wood Planes_ David Charlesworth's _Furniture Making Techniques_ Vol. 2, Graham Blackburn's _Traditional Woodworking Handtools_ and Mike Dunbar's _Restoring, Tuning and Using Classic Woodworking Tools_. Leonard Lee's book on sharpening has been something of a bible to me lately. Would anyone care to comment on the merits of Jim Kingshott's, Don Geary's, or Ian Kirby's books on the subject? I spent this afternoon sharpening a few plane irons, using an Eclipse honing guide and the waterstones. The Eclipse, and the adaptations of it seen in David Charlesworth's book and on Jeff Gorman's website fascinate me. I've been making plans for a blade setting jig similar to that in Leonard Lee's book. As I plan for more tool purchases in the near future I am thinking of upgrading my small set of measuring and marking tools. Starrett rules, straightedges, bevels and protractors appeal to me at the moment. At times I find myself wanting to know far more about metalworking--not to the point of setting up a machine shop but to learn basic techniques for forming metal parts for woodworking projects. Might someone recommend a good reference work along this line? I have no budget for metal working machines but would like to learn something about using a bending brake, files, drills and taps, and cutting light sheet metal. So, for now I am gaining practical experience, making a lot of mistakes and learning. Some weekend soon I may actually make that box for the VCR. Best wishes, Leon E. Zimlich Lzimlich@e... |
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114834 | "Arthur Bailey" <curiousart@e...> | 2003‑03‑01 | RE: Bio and Questions (long) |
> At times I find myself wanting to know far more about metalworking--not to > the point of setting up a machine shop but to learn basic techniques for > forming metal parts for woodworking projects. Welcome to the porch! I found the Kingshott "Making and Modifying Woodworking Tools" to be a good modern source of basic metalworking info. I haunt used bookshops and thrift stores for old metalworking and woodworking books. One of my fave's is the ca. 1955 Popular Mechanics' Encyclopedia set. Lots of galootish metal and woodworking articles from the 20's- 50's. This set is common as dirt around here (east coast). Another that I have found useful is "Shop Theory" printed by the Henry Ford Trade School in 1934. Good luck finding one, but worth the search. Lindsay books, www.lindsaybks.com, is a good source for reprinted material on not only metalworking, but embalming and bootlegging. Have fun! Art Bailey Somerville, Ma. |
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114836 | Marvin Paisner <paisners@n...> | 2003‑03‑01 | RE: Bio and Questions (long) |
Hi Leon, Welcome to the Porch. The Home Machinist's Handbook by Doug Briney is about as basic as you will find for a first look at machining, IMO. Don't overlook the woodworking books by Charles H. Hayward; "Woodworking Joints", "Cabinetmaking for Beginners" (much more here than the name suggests) and "Tools for Woodworking" Hey Art, I notice you didn't mention Lindsay Books treatise on gas the "I Just Love to Fart Cookbook". Sorry galoots, off topic but true, it's in the Linsay Technical Books Catalogue for $6.95. Marvin Paisner Kootenay Lake, BC Leon Zimlich asks: > > At times I find myself wanting to know far more about metalworking--not to > > the point of setting up a machine shop but to learn basic techniques for > > forming metal parts for woodworking projects. > Arthur Bailey wrote: > Welcome to the porch! > worth the search. Lindsay books, www.lindsaybks.com, is a good source for > reprinted material on not only metalworking, but embalming and bootlegging. > Have fun! > |
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114835 | Mark van Roojen <msv@u...> | 2003‑03‑01 | Re: Bio and Questions (long) |
At 06:02 PM 3/1/03, Leon E. Zimlich wrote: >At times I find myself wanting to know far more about metalworking--not to >the point of setting up a machine shop but to learn basic techniques for >forming metal parts for woodworking projects. Might someone recommend a >good reference work along this line? I have no budget for metal working >machines but would like to learn something about using a bending brake, >files, drills and taps, and cutting light sheet metal I really like the 1937 edition of the Henry Burghardt 2 volume set (whose title escapes me) though it is mostly machinery oriented but it is old enough to have a good deal of basic info on feeds and speeds much of it which would be applicable to treadle tools and some to hand tools (mandatory OT content). If you get lucky like I did a while back and find a milling machine for $25 to make planes with (some day) so much the better. best and welcome to the list! Mark Mark van Roojen Department of Philosophy University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1010 Oldfather Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0321 (402) 472-2428 (w) Home: POB 83836 Lincoln, NE 68501-3836 (402) 4383724 (h) Webpage: www.geocities.com/mvr1.geo/ or www.mvr1.com |
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