For the original guy in the factory it may have felt like a job, even a great job. For some of us restoring a tool it may be solving a problem and then there are artists like yourself that meticulously sculpt away material that doesn’t look like a tote or knob. Inspirational work my man! 👍🙏
Thank you for taking time to write and appreciate your comments. Quite a compliment and I thank you. I have no plans to stop anytime soon. Just wish I could get a few more out… a little faster pace. 👍 thanks again and hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday.
9:25 Usually, I have found that the heel of the tote is tucked under and the toe of the tote has a slight bevel to go into place in the body. The screw is usually absent in most of my old wooden body planes, but on the rare occasion that it has one, this is the usual configuration of the tote to body
😂 and how many days stewing on mental gymnastics did it take you to come up with that fixture? 😂😂 Brilliant! As always, Gordon; I love your solutions and plagiarise furiously.
I bet that plywood platform was a 60 second thought….I’m pretty good with visualization and I had this “how can I suspend a platform over this iron in order to keep my cut parallel to the table?” thought. Probably watched too many homemade router-sled-Rivertable-slab videos. 😂😂
Asking your opinion on using any of the hand stitched wood rasp by the French company, AURIOU? They are expensive and in my humble opinion they are worth the costs.
I’ve heard of Auriou and their reputation is quite high among those that own/use them. I myself have not had the privilege of owning one but I’m so enamored by the performance of my Iwasaki rasps that I just don’t have a need to buy. The Iwasaki has tiny razors and traditional pattern maker rasps are hand stitched points. 👍
For the original guy in the factory it may have felt like a job, even a great job. For some of us restoring a tool it may be solving a problem and then there are artists like yourself that meticulously sculpt away material that doesn’t look like a tote or knob. Inspirational work my man! 👍🙏
Thank you for taking time to write and appreciate your comments. Quite a compliment and I thank you. I have no plans to stop anytime soon. Just wish I could get a few more out… a little faster pace. 👍 thanks again and hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday.
That's one helluva repair Gordon, outstanding 👍👍👍
Thank you very much! I appreciate the comment. I’ve completed a few beech totes now and they’re not as scary as I thought. 😂😂
9:25 Usually, I have found that the heel of the tote is tucked under and the toe of the tote has a slight bevel to go into place in the body. The screw is usually absent in most of my old wooden body planes, but on the rare occasion that it has one, this is the usual configuration of the tote to body
Man you do such a fantastic job. The work you did on my sergeant tote is invisible. Keep it up!
Thank you for the testimonial and I appreciate you taking time to write. This makes me smile. 😊
Impressive work on the shape and the color match.
Thank you! I appreciate your comment.👍
Awesome work, per usual
Thank you. I appreciate hearing from you. 👍
Thanks for another great learning experience!
You’re welcome and thank you for taking time to make a comment!
Amazing work Gordon, fun video to watch, keep ‘em coming!
Thank you Randy! I appreciate you taking time to comment and I have a bunch lined up! 👍
Your work as always impress 😍😍
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. Stay tuned, I have a couple more fun restorations coming up.
😂 and how many days stewing on mental gymnastics did it take you to come up with that fixture? 😂😂
Brilliant! As always, Gordon; I love your solutions and plagiarise furiously.
I bet that plywood platform was a 60 second thought….I’m pretty good with visualization and I had this “how can I suspend a platform over this iron in order to keep my cut parallel to the table?” thought. Probably watched too many homemade router-sled-Rivertable-slab videos. 😂😂
Asking your opinion on using any of the hand stitched wood rasp by the French company, AURIOU? They are expensive and in my humble opinion they are worth the costs.
I’ve heard of Auriou and their reputation is quite high among those that own/use them. I myself have not had the privilege of owning one but I’m so enamored by the performance of my Iwasaki rasps that I just don’t have a need to buy. The Iwasaki has tiny razors and traditional pattern maker rasps are hand stitched points. 👍