• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Fantasy Tool Box - Tuning the Record #043

    One of the tools for the Tool Box is the Record #043 plough plane. This is a gem of a plane - small enough not to take up too much space, and it fights above its weight. I have the Veritas Small Plow and Combination planes, but they are too large and heavy to include in this tool box. Veritas...
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    A Tea Tray and its dovetails

    I did consider splayed sides, but they were vetoed by my wife, who was concerned that the contents of the tray would not be as stable against the sides. Regards from Perth Derek
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    A Tea Tray and its dovetails

    A week ago my wife asked to build a tea tray. Something on the smaller side. At the same time, I agreed to do a dovetailing demonstration for my woodworking club. So I was thinking about construction of the tea tray, and whether it was possible to kill two birds with one stone, that is, was...
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    Fantasy Tool Box - part 2

    Hi Ian All my photos are hosted on Images.org. As to whether the public can access the contents of my library is unknown to me (I cannot test this). I have written to the website to find out. Regards from Perth Derek
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    Fantasy Tool Box - part 2

    I was tempted to title this episode, "Another Brick in the Wall", but someone else has already used it . Actually, the time spent feels substantial even though it is less than one might imagine. Firstly, I removed the wooden hinges at the rear of the Pine and Makore tool box. My fear was that...
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    Fantasy Tool Box

    Al, that tool chest of yours is a work of art! It still takes my breathe away. How much does it weigh when full of the tools you store inside it? I bet that you could not lift it on your own! I am not planning on a bench. Where I wind up (possibly New Zealand), what ever the workshop or short...
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    Fantasy Tool Box

    No fear of that :) The choice of wood here has been a central focus. For example, the chisels (above) are incredibly light compared with, say, Veritas. Possibly about half the weight. The challenge is to build tools that work well but weigh less. So, smaller in size as well. Regards from...
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    Fantasy Tool Box

    The Fantasy Tool Box is a project to house tools for a hopefully - that's the fantasy part - furniture making program, hopefully in a city over the sea, after I retire (in about 12 months!). It is a small chest, just 540 x 280mm x 220mm high, in Pine and Makore. Wooden hinges ... The...
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    Part 2: V-blades for the marking knife.

    My first generation of detail/dovetail knives was designed in 2008. These used a fixed V-double bevel (middle of the knives below). The link for these is https://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMa...Dovetails.html This second generation marking knife was inspired by the original blade holder design...
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    Marking Knife with Replaceable Blades (part 1)

    I read a joke the other day, "Growing your own tomatoes is the best way to devote 3 months of your life to saving $2.17". I feel the same way about these marking knives. It would cost me about $250 ($300 with exotic timber) to import one from either the UK or the USA. Instead, I spent nearly 3...
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    The ultimate marking gauge?

    The design for this mortise/cutting gauge was written up 10 years ago, but I have now made a few modifications, ones I have been planning for some time. https://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/Mortice-CuttingGauges.html Dimensions: the fence is 110mm long and 50mm high. The arm is 170mm...
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    The joys of viruses - especially Covid

    Mmmm.... I must be one off the few who has not had Covid. I have contact with children and adults throughout the day. Is it the vaccine or was it being born on Krypton? Regards from Perth Derek
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    Best value"Stanley" knife blades

    Rob, those are really beautiful knives (!), in the tradition of Blue Spruce. They have a fixed v-blade. Yours look quite heavy duty. My detail/dovetail knife - the middle of the three above - is quite lightweight as the blade is skinny for slim dovetails. Not for heavy use. The new knives have...
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    Best value"Stanley" knife blades

    Rob, marking and cutting is mainly done at the tip of the blade. Breaking off the end provides a fresh tip to use. You can also sharpen the blades by honing the flat back of the tip. Run it along a 600-1200 grit diamond stone a few times. I've just made a new marking knife (I'd rather make my...
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    Best value"Stanley" knife blades

    If you must insist on using knives intended for opening packaging, then get the Olfa break away blades. These are much the same price and the best available. I use them for cutting veneer. Alternately, get a craft knife with replaceable (Swann-Morton) blades. This one is made by Stanley ...
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    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I freehand mortise chisels, however I enjoy coming up with fixtures to help those learning this skill. A few years ago, inspired by Paul Sellers' mortise fixture, I came up with a related design, and sent it to him ... since it was an improvement in that it would be less costly and more...
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    Best alternative to Photoshop?

    This may help: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/downloaded-older-app.html Otherwise, search the web for older downloads. Regards from Perth Derek
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    Best alternative to Photoshop?

    Hi Chris Coming in a little late here. I use Macs (MacBook Pro, MacBook Air), 2014 through 2021. For editing, I use Photoshop Elements. This is a cut-down version of the full Photoshop, costs very little, and is worth paying a once-off fee. Regards from Perth Derek
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    Building your own kitchen cabinets?

    I built this kitchen out of Maple about 10 years ago ... Frame-and-Panel (solid wood throughout) ... The backsplash is green-tined glass .. Mortise-and-tenon joinery using a Domino (purchased for this occasion). Regards from Perth Derek
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    F ing cold this morning!

    I was in Ontario (visiting Lee Valley) in January 2014. It was 40 C below. I always wanted to know what happens to a winter of dog pee and poop when spring thaws? Regards from Perth Derek
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