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(When Your Wooden) Plane Will Not Take Fine Shaving. What invariably happens is that, although the plane will take a thick shaving, it ceases to cut altogether if the cutter is withdrawn slightly. It is not likely to occur in a plane which has been in use for a long time, unless it has been in store for a while, but some new planes suffer from it. The cause is that the wood of the frog behind the cutter is forced down by pressure from the wedge. In a new plane which has not settled down it may be that the wedge has been driven in hard, and, if the plane has been in the shop for a long time, the wood is pressed down. As a consequence, the plane cannot remove a shaving which is thinner than the amount by which the sole is forced out (see image). The fault may also be caused by the sole having been trued without the wedge being knocked in. When the wedge is inserted later the wood gives under the pressure. The fault can be detected with the straight-edge, and the remedy is obvious. Plane the sole true with wedge and cutter in position, the latter pulled back slightly so that it does not foul the plane being used. — from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Volume I” published by Lost Art Press #The_WoodworkerGluing up the chairs. On a Thursday. A new record. Tomorrow we drink beer and huff VOCs. It must be the Florida sun at the very sweet @schoolofwoodwork.PEACH BLOSSOM DESK (1986). “This small writing desk was inspired by French and Italian designs, with the intention of combining the two different styles,” Paul says. “It was adorned with brass edging and parquetry inlay, with the central motif of organic flowers bursting through the structured background.” By Paul Schürch. Photo by Wayne McCall. — from “The Difference Makers” by Marc Adams @marcadamsschoolofwoodworking #The_Difference_Makers@RudeMechanic on Twitter
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Back In Stock: Chore Coats and ‘Roubo on Furniture’
We’ve restocked on our Cincinnati-made chore coats. As of this moment, we have plenty of every size except Large. We’re working with our stitcher, Sew Valley, to restock the Large size and build up inventory on all of our sizes. … Continue reading
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Benchcrafted’s French Oak Roubo Project
We’re in the middle of building 20 (!!) French workbenches this week down in Barnesville, Ga., a small town south of Atlanta. Here, Bo Childs has graciously lent us his ample workshop and machinery (Martin planers and shapers!) to get … Continue reading
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I Feel You, Monsieur Roubo
“One should place a drawer at the end of the bench so that the workers can close up their minor tools like gouges, compasses, etc. There are even shops where the benches are finished with planks/panels all around [a closed … Continue reading
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The French Oak Roubo Project III
People of Earth: If you want to make a workbench that exceeds all your functional and aesthetic desires, I have but one recommendation: The French Oak Roubo Project III. The building session runs from Oct. 14-18 in Barnesville, Ga., in … Continue reading
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Another Award for the Deluxe Roubo Edition
At Lost Art Press, we don’t enter contests or seek awards for publishing, design, woodworking or… anything, really. (The reason we don’t do this is complicated. Buy me a bucket of beer some time, and I might tell you.) Despite … Continue reading
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Building ‘The Other Roubo Bookstand’
A week or two ago, I put up a short post and video about “The Other Roubo Bookstand,” a project taken from the plate 331 of André Jacob Roubo’s “l’Art du Menuisier,” scaled to hold the beautiful deluxe edition of the … Continue reading
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The Other Roubo Bookstand
No doubt many of you are familiar with the famous one-piece bookstand from plate 331 of Roubo’s “With All Precision Possible” popularized by Roy Underhill. This past week, we decided to build a nice bookstand for the shop copy of … Continue reading
Roubo on Upholstery
This is an excerpt from “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture” by André-Jacob Roubo; translation by Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue. So Roubo could not very well do a comprehensive book on furniture making without including some mention … Continue reading
Trailer for ‘Roubo Workbench: By Hand & Power’
Above is a trailer for our video “Roubo Workbench: By Hand & Power” that Will Myers and I shot earlier this year. If you are thinking about building a French workbench using a giant slab, you might find the 4-hour-long … Continue reading
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Update: ‘Roubo on Furniture Making’
Our warehouse has almost finished packing up all the domestic pre-publication orders for the deluxe version of “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture Making.” The packaged books should be picked up and headed out to their final destinations … Continue reading
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