I've started getting into woodworking lately - something I've always been interested in but amplified by the pandemic. I'm particularly interested in working with hand tools. It looks like there was a woodworking thread in the old forum - had that been revived?
I just bought a set of Narex chisels - learning how to make dovetail joints.
Edit: I think Steve mentioned this guy's YT channel - I immediately stumbled on this. Really inspiring.
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 5:55 am
by scrotescape
love Paul! he's been good for riding out the plague-- I tuned up a set of harbor freight chisels and they are great. lie-nielsen chisels are dope but it really hurts if you damage one, their holdfasts are the best I've found for the price though.
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:34 am
by elisha wiesner
In the 1850's a ship carrying a full load of ebony logs hit some rocks and sank off the coast here. For decades there were whole ebony logs washing up on the shore. I've had a few small scraps of this wood for a while. It's hard as a rock and I use it to make guitar nuts. Last week a boatbuilder friend of mine called me up. An old timer had 14 of these logs and was looking to do something with them. They milled a bunch of them up and the guy going to keep a bunch and was I guess giving the rest away. He left it at my friends shop ad told him to use what he wanted and to give it to people who might need it. He gave me a pile of the stuff. It's insane! I milled a couple pieces up into bridges and fingerboards and have enough to make some more fingerboards as well as many more bridges and nuts. Quite possibly enough to keep me in bridges for the rest of my life. I've never seen wood this hard and it rings like a bell! So crazy!
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:54 am
by penningtron
elisha wiesner wrote:
He gave me a pile of the stuff. It's insane! I milled a couple pieces up into bridges and fingerboards and have enough to make some more fingerboards as well as many more bridges and nuts. Quite possibly enough to keep me in bridges for the rest of my life. I've never seen wood this hard and it rings like a bell! So crazy!
This is exciting news for someone with an order in the queue
For some reason I've never even seen raw ebony. Gorgeous.
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:01 am
by elisha wiesner
penningtron wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:54 am
This is exciting news for someone with an order in the queue
For some reason I've never even seen raw ebony. Gorgeous.
You'll be getting a piece!
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 3:55 pm
by Nico Adie
Fuck me that ebony is beautiful
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:05 am
by Pembs
I'm far too impatient and incompetent for woodworking, but I love watching other people do it. Paul Sellers is great. Lots of excellent stuff on YouTube. Anyone else seen Frank Howarth's Making a Case for Books on there? It's an iffy title - makes him sound like a debater or a barrister or something - but it's a great watch
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 12:30 pm
by kokorodoko
Respect to the people doing this. My worst subject in school, worse than maths even.
I know I know nothing is fun in school but it's just the immense amount of time spent on one single repetitive task and then measuring precisely and it still turns out crooked. Makes me go insane.
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:05 pm
by TylerDeadPine
elisha wiesner wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:34 am
In the 1850's a ship carrying a full load of ebony logs hit some rocks and sank off the coast here. For decades there were whole ebony logs washing up on the shore. I've had a few small scraps of this wood for a while. It's hard as a rock and I use it to make guitar nuts. Last week a boatbuilder friend of mine called me up. An old timer had 14 of these logs and was looking to do something with them. They milled a bunch of them up and the guy going to keep a bunch and was I guess giving the rest away. He left it at my friends shop ad told him to use what he wanted and to give it to people who might need it. He gave me a pile of the stuff. It's insane! I milled a couple pieces up into bridges and fingerboards and have enough to make some more fingerboards as well as many more bridges and nuts. Quite possibly enough to keep me in bridges for the rest of my life. I've never seen wood this hard and it rings like a bell! So crazy!
totally amazing! I don't envy the tool sharpening you're going to have to do, but the results will be awesome
Re: Woodworking thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:07 pm
by TylerDeadPine
barnicle wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:34 pm
I've started getting into woodworking lately - something I've always been interested in but amplified by the pandemic. I'm particularly interested in working with hand tools. It looks like there was a woodworking thread in the old forum - had that been revived?
I just bought a set of Narex chisels - learning how to make dovetail joints.
Edit: I think Steve mentioned this guy's YT channel - I immediately stumbled on this. Really inspiring.
Paul sellers is amazing but particularly his hand cut dovetail videos I found really hard. There's still moments of "and then just hold this square", where decades of experience play into it, vs. making a jig - handcut dovetails are still a struggle for me after hours of practising. I got good at filling gaps though.
