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  Hello,   I have an interest in learning to sharpen my own handsaws. Looking into the prospect has lead me to believe a good supply of files on hand is better than purchasing one file at a time as they wear out.     Anyone who is framiliar with file manufacturing knows ( I'll try to gentle...

  Hello, I have come into a couple of hand saws; one 12" back saw and the rest are regular saws. All of the saws save one, are bent. Can anything be done, or should anything be done to straighten them?  One of the saws has a perfect curve from heel to toe, most others have a hump along the...

  Hello,         I am looking for web sites to either buy or sell used machinery, and not necessarily old stuff. does anyone have any knowledge they would be willing to share?                                         Thanks ,                                                 Jim

Hello,   I am building a Queen Anne chair following Norm Vandalls book. In the directions he says to pin the legs, and describes the process. The way it reads to me is that he pins the legs well after the glue up.( it didn't sound like draw boring to me, just pinning) Is the proper way to apply...

  Hello,         I would like to use brass as an inlay material. I am having trouble finding it in the size I need. I have a inlay cutter with a cutting width of .030". I would say the dimentions of the brass needed would be .030"x 1/16, or 5/64? Does anybody have an idea were to find a...

I saw a steel stamp that Don Williams hand filed out of stock about 1"x1/4". It was the logo that he stamped his wooden planes with. I would like to attempt the same thing- does anyone know if there are old antique tools used for this task? Engravers tools or such? If so could you tell me what...

I have four back saws.  It doesn't seem to matter which I use, they vary in error, but all seem to drift to my right. Even if I do the best I can and the saw follows the line down the front, around back the kerf drifts to the right. I ran the teeth of the saws over a norton yellow waterstone...

I am making a stab at stringing and inlay. The item is a Federal inspired bench in Walnut. I would like to darken the sapwood to match, but do not want to affect the Holly stringing. If I were to stain before applying the stringing , it seems to me there would be problems created during the...