Showing posts with label Woodworking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodworking. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Running Tool Tally

This will be my running tally of the tools I have bought for woodworking (wood doesn't count ,) I hope this doesn't become depressing later in life. Some were presents, some weren't exactly for woodworking, some were mistakes. These are the tools that guide my work, stretch my skills, and challenge my ingenuity. For better or worse, this is my list.

Power Tools:
  • DeWalt Angle Grinder 4 1/2"; $50
  • Craftsman Belted Sander 3x21; $75
Running Total: $125

Power Tool Accessories:
  • Dovetailing jig; $50
  • 1/2" Round-over router bit; $18
Running Total: $68

Hand Tools:
Saws:
  • Lie-Nielsen Tennon Saw; filed crosscut, 13ppi; $175
  • Gramercy Carcasse Saw (kit); filed rip, 14ppi; $100
  • Stanley Cross-Cut Saw & Miter Box; $25
Planes:
  • Lie-Nielsen No.60 1/2 low angle adjustable mouth block plane; $165
  • Stanley Bailey No.4 Smoothing plane; Antique Store; $14
  • Stanley Bailey No.5 Fore Plane; Great-grandfathers; $0
  • Hock Blade for the No.5; $35
  • Stanley Spokeshave No.51; $25
Marking, measuring, clamping, sharpening, random:
  • Irwin Bevel-Edge Set of 5 Chisels; $50
  • Jet Parrallel Clamps; 2x 2x40", 2x24"; $250
  • Quick Grip Clamps; 2x 16"; $25
  • Veritas MK II Sharpening System; $70
  • Norton 1000/8000 Water Stone; $75
  • DMT Duotone Diamond Sharpening Stone; Course/Extra-course; $110
  • Titemark Long; $99
  • Lie-Nielsen Doweling Plate; $50
  • Burnisher; $20
  • 12" Combo Square, Starrett; $70
  • Cabinet Maker's Rasp 250 x 32 x 5.5 - Grain 9, Auriou; $125
  • Modeller's Rasp 150 x 11 x 3.5 - Grain 15, Auriou; $108
Running Total: $1591

Grand Total: $1784

I'm going to leave out literature and media, it would get too confusing and nit picky. You can't put a price on knowledge anyway, right? Also I'm leaving out glue, it would just get too messy to leave it in (get it? ha!)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Lumber Dimensions

Nominal Actual
1" x 2" 3/4" x 1-1/2"
1" x 3" 3/4" x 2-1/2"
1" x 4" 3/4" x 3-1/2"
1" x 5" 3/4" x 4-1/2"
1" x 6" 3/4" x 5-1/2"
1" x 7" 3/4" x 6-1/4"
1" x 8" 3/4" x 7-1/4"
1" x 10" 3/4" x 9-1/4"
1" x 12" 3/4" x 11-1/4"
1-1/4" x 4" 1" x 3-1/2"
1-1/4" x 6" 1" x 5-1/2"
1-1/4" x 8" 1" x 7-1/4"
1-1/4" x 10" 1" x 9-1/4"
1-1/4" x 12" 1" x 11-1/4"
1-1/2" x 4" 1-1/4" x 3-1/2"
1-1/2" x 6" 1-1/4" x 5-1/2"
1-1/2" x 8" 1-1/4" x 7-1/4"
1-1/2" x 10" 1-1/4" x 9-1/4"
1-1/2" x 12" 1-1/4" x 11-1/4"
2" x 4" 1-1/2" x 3-1/2"
2" x 6" 1-1/2" x 5-1/2"
2" x 8" 1-1/2" x 7-1/4"
2" x 10" 1-1/2" x 9-1/4"
2" x 12" 1-1/2" x 11-1/4"
3" x 6" 2-1/2" x 5-1/2"
4" x 4" 3-1/2" x 3-1/2"
4" x 6" 3-1/2" x 5-1/2"

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Wives against Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz is the editor of Woodworking Magazine and runs a great blog.
The Schwarz also has spent a lot of money on woodworking tools, and now I probably will too. I asked him for the brands of the tools he turns to the most. He didn't mention all of the items that grace his black and white tool rack at home, I don't know if it was from not wanting to scare me out of woodworking or upsetting his wife.


Planes:
  • Lie-Nielsen 60-1/2 low angle adjustable mouth block plane ($165)
  • Lie-Nielsen No. 8 ($475) Holy moly this thing is 2feet long and feels like a submarine, or freight train
  • Bailey No. 5 with a Hock iron ($35 for the iron, the planes you have to get from flea markets)
Other:
  • Ray Iles mortising chisels ($70ish each; 1/4 & 3/8 for starters)
  • Tite-Mark marking gauges ($99 for the long)
  • Starrett 6” and 12” combination squares($74 and $78 respectively)
  • Lie-Nielsen No. 4 in bronze with a high-angle frog ($350, I have an old Bailey no.4 [$14 from an antique shop] that should do the trick once I camber the blade. Though I'll always drool over this one)
  • Lie-Nielsen chisels (two sets!) ($350 for one set of 5, maybe one day I'll get these)
  • Andrew Lunn dovetail saw
  • Blue Spruce marking knife ($45)
  • Wenzloff & Sons tenon and sash saws
  • Veritas Saddle squares and dovetail squares
  • Veritas block plane with a chamfer guide