Recent content by steve morris

this plane is soilid cast iron, not a transitional i spent some time on the blade, tool works nicely this brass plate is riveted on can we not embed larger pictures directly in the post?

a relative had this coopering stuff sent over from england the plane is 110 lbs, 5 1/2 feet long!

and then while the paint dries on the small stuff, we'll build a stand using a set of the beaver castiron legs

and it continues:

a photo essay on rebuilding a 1940's beaver 3800 jointer designed and built by the callander foundry, guelph ontario, production ran until the mid fifties when rockwell, who bought the candian operation in 1953, replaced it with the 37-220 aka beaver 4800 the 3800 had some unique features...

So the adventure begins! picked up a pile of 8/4 and 5/4 hard maple and some 4/4 walnut(for the slats) i believe it was 32 bdft of 8/4 and 20 of 5/4 for the maple plus 6 bdft of the walnut i rough cut all the backlegs on the big bandsaw in such a way that i could get some front legs in between...

this is my 1950's beaver 3700 drill press its got an old delta 1hp, power switch is the rod with the brass knob, reversing switch is on the right side, its great for drum sanding! work lamp is an old delta part with modern flexneck interesting design, all four bearings are tapered roller...

next is my Delta Homecraft shaper, not sure of its age, but late 50's is my guess i use it for template shaping mostly, it has a 3 inch byrd shelix cutter on it with a guide bearing. i also use it for lock mitres using a big freud 3 wing cutter and also for raised panel cutting i do have an...

so the prototype is complete, we're trying to decide on maple or walnut slats, i have 4 of each as a trial the left front leg is 3/16 off the table surface, an easy fix also here is the form for making the slats, they are 4 layers of 1/8 material

we decided it was time for some nice dining chairs to match the other dining room furniture made by my father. the 30 yr old store bought stuff just doesnt go!! besides ive reglued every one of the old chairs several times! we chose this design from popular woodworking...

The Wood Lathe i posted pics of this in the turning forum, but here it is again for those who dont visit there its a 1940 Henry Power Tools, aka craftmaster. made in london ontario. henry supplied bench vises to the allied forces during ww11, but diversified into small power tools after...

thanks for that info bob, i did come across that error when drawing out my rear leg pattern, my 48 inch piece of plywood was too short!! i will post a build thread when i actually get started in a couple of weeks, it will be my first "real" chair project im still working on perfecting the...

faced with the prospect of making 6 dining chairs with angled M/T joinery, i came up with this jig and saw via a google search they are called a chairmakers saw and a tenoning clamp the clamp is pretty simple, 3/4 plywood, glued and screwed, then a clamping jaw with a bolt, nuts and washers...

next are the bandsaws, ive a few and more than one of some of them these are the ones i have right now: the Crescent 20 inch, covered well in another thread, easily my oldest tool at 101 yrs old and a pre war beaver 12 inch. this is actually a 1935 walker turner bn100, beaver imported...

and the finished table. pretty fussy getting all those pie shaped pieces evenly spaced made the legs by laminating 6 pieces of cedar over a form