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  1. Dr.Al

    Do you think aluminum threaded rod and bolts good enough for light duty moxon style vise?

    Agreed, wood would be a good choice if you can cope with a reasonably big diameter in the design. Brass is heavier than steel & weaker than steel so not a good option if weight & strength are priorities.
  2. Dr.Al

    Do you think aluminum threaded rod and bolts good enough for light duty moxon style vise?

    Stainless will be much weaker than any decent non-stainless (although I used stainless M6 screws on mine & they're fine). It would be better if the grade were listed to be sure. Don't get plain unless you want to weld something to it: they'll rust in no time. Black oxide gives some protection...
  3. Dr.Al

    Do you think aluminum threaded rod and bolts good enough for light duty moxon style vise?

    Just to further what others have said, I'd seriously think twice about aluminium threaded hardware. Ignore weight & strength for a moment & you'll find the aluminium much more likely to bind up ("gall") or distort & cause all manner of issues. The galling is what would concern me most. If we...
  4. Dr.Al

    A new way to make a chessboard?

    Does that mean that sharpening a pencil is now classed as woodwork? 😜 What about scrawling graffiti on an old school bench? Both "involve wood". Sorry, I'm being difficult just for the sake of it (I blame the heat). I'll shut up now!
  5. Dr.Al

    WIP - my version of Dr Al’s travel tool chest and workbench

    I'll look forward to whatever you come up with. I made a posh pencil case in that style (but not trying to make it as rough and ready as they would traditionally be - I used Wenge "trenails" and some through tenons rather than metal nails). It was a fun little project: Obviously being a...
  6. Dr.Al

    Not totally ga ga yet

    I bought some fixed welding lenses (shade 3) about 10 years ago and I was also fortunate that they were exactly where I thought they were. Shade 3 is far too weak for looking at the sun, but I've got quite a few of them so I'll be able to stack them. I tried out stacking four of them together...
  7. Dr.Al

    WIP - my version of Dr Al’s travel tool chest and workbench

    Nice. It looks like you're avoiding having crossbars (I've no idea what they're supposed to be called) across the front in between the drawers. Good choice! The ones on mine get right in the way.
  8. Dr.Al

    Car recovery companies

    Another vote for Autoaid. We've been with them for years and on the few occasions we've called them out it's worked well. Much cheaper than AA/RAC as well. We were on a group motorbike weekend recently and one of the riders got a bad puncture. We tried to repair it at the side of the road...
  9. Dr.Al

    Garden Table

    It turns out that the garden table as designed has another use that I'd never even considered when I was thinking about the shape of the legs. It's apparently a comfortable pillow: Note the blanket in the background that is apparently less appealing... 🤷‍♂️
  10. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    It feels like it would be infuriating on a wedged woodie, but it might be okay on a screw-adjusted metal bodied plane.
  11. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    I'm fortunate enough to have a #55 and I think that's the one I would grab if I were going to have a go at cutting a tongue. It has the advantage of two fences so you can stick one on either side of the board and then there's no chance of meandering. Thinking about it again, I'd probably use...
  12. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    That's an interesting idea. The blades would be much more complicated (but entirely possible with a milling machine :)). Making them would be quite straightforward if I went with the same construction technique I think. I might wait until I have a plausible use for them though. My #45 has...
  13. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    Thanks Mike They keep their setting very well and on the 3 & 5 mm ones at least the blades seem to stay sharp for ages so I haven't sharpened & re-set them many times; hopefully the same will be true of the new ones. Adjusting is just like any other wooden plane really: hammer taps on the...
  14. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    You don't need them. It just means that you can plough the groove with the grain, regardless of the grain direction of the wood.
  15. Dr.Al

    What I have fixed today

    When I first fitted my bench vice after restoring it, I used some bits of plywood for the jaws. They didn't last very long, mainly because they got beaten up a bit quickly, but partly because I wanted to add some bench dog holes in the moving jaw. I replaced them with the only bits of wood I...
  16. Dr.Al

    Mark

    I thought it was time to give two of them a home (the Zebrano one has moved upstairs to my other half's leather craft domain). A quick job with the 3D printer: and they tuck in quite nicely either side of the compass plane:
  17. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    All the planes together in a new to-be-wall-mounted 3D-printed holder. The two new ones (in the middle) look a lot shinier than the older ones, but I'm sure that will equalise with use.
  18. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    I wonder if that's another thing (like sharpening) that starts religious wars :ROFLMAO: My gut feel is that for the way I chop mortices it probably doesn't matter much but a trapezoidal shape probably makes it a little easier. Note that I still haven't checked what shape my mortice chisels...
  19. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    I don't think I've ever checked what shape my mortice chisels are, but I guess with the fact they "walk" along the slot as they go in then a trapezoid shape makes sense. I think it's pretty much essential for plough plane cutters. When I first made some blades for one of my Stanley plough...
  20. Dr.Al

    A groovy little two-day project

    Thanks Andy It's a fun little project (and much more fun when done with hand tools rather than table saw and electric router). It only too me two days to do (plus another day for the second and third coat of oil) but is really quite satisfying.
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