In which I am given an old wooden plane, fix it up, and research it’s history: https://boat.karlnelson.net/posts/72-coffin-smoother/
#woodworking
#woodworking
Karl Nelson
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I do tech stuff in the K-12 education space. Opinions posted here are my own. Most opinions are about soccer, education, woodworking, and boats. he/him/his
I really like soft wax as a #woodworking finish. I noticed that my year old tool chest had lost its luster, so I gave a fresh coat of soft wax and it looks brand new. Super easy.
(I use the Lost Art Press soft wax recipe.)
Spoils from today’s used tool sale: a Stanley 45 (type 7B) plane. Nearly complete (missing two irons I don’t care about). Didn’t come in an original box, but again, I don’t really care about that either. (I do need to come up with a better storage solution than this cardboard box, tho.) #woodworking
I’m thinking about gluing the (inner) stem to its bulkhead before putting it on the frame (strongback). I figure I’ll have a better shot of getting it at 90 degrees. Any potential pitfalls?
#woodworking #boatbuilding
#woodworking #boatbuilding
Laminating two irregularly shaped objects (in this case, a side of a sailboat centerboard case) without them slipping out of alignment is an enormous pain.
(I think I got it, tho.)
Finally found a use for this little bullnose rabbet plane. (I’d been skeptical that it be good for much of anything.) #woodworking
I'm on a bit of a #boatbuilding blogging roll, with my forth post in two days. The latest is on my plans to build a solid wood transom: https://boat.karlnelson.net/posts/56-transom-planning/
And today I picked up a nice wide board of quartersawn sapele for the project.
Transom planning
I an earlier post, I mentioned that Vivier specified “marine sapele” plywood for the sheet with the rudder and transom parts. None of the suppliers I checked had sapele plywood, at least not anyone local, so this sheet, along with the rest of the sheetings, is okoume. Now, okoume is a softer wood. (Not a softwood. It’s a hardwood. Believe it or not, hardwoods can be soft and softwoods can be hard.
Big milestone in the #boatbuilding project: the CNC-cut plywood parts showed up today!
I had somewhat hoped they'd still be attached to the panels, but... nope... it was a pile of loose parts! Oh well, we got 'em put away, if not organized.
Lots more detail on blog, if you're interested: https://boat.karlnelson.net/posts/53-buying-plywood/
So I bought some plywood
In an earlier post, I outlined some of the things I was considering around the big plywood purchase. (By “plywood,” I mean “marine panels,” which is apparently the term of art here.) I’d made a brief aside about tariffs, and some concerns about how the new administration’s trade policy might impact the cost of goods. (Yeah, this is small potatoes, and there are plenty of other things to worry about. Still.
Finally finished this entryway table. (The table itself was done a few months ago, but I just wrapped up the drawers.)
The table is based on this blog post: https://blog.lostartpress.com/2024/07/11/modified-bake-house-table-for-a-boot-tray/ I slightly modified it to fit the space I had.
This was my first time doing half-blind dovetails. I think they turned out okay. (Of course, I didn't photograph the ones that were less nice!)
