Extracting Screws from Reclaimed Wood
Yoav Liberman demonstrates a few tried and true methods for removing stubborn screws in reclaimed lumber.
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Record Stay Set Planes and Restoring a Hand Plane Knob (Part 3)
Below you can see pictures of the restoration of the rosewood knob, which belongs to my Record SS plane (read part one here and part two here). After gluing a piece of rosewood onto the knob’s broken corner and …
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Record Stay Set Planes and Restoring a Hand Plane Knob – Part 2
As I mentioned in the previous post, one of the primary reasons for a missing knob base is a traumatic fall that results in the bending of the knob screw (or threaded rod, depending on the plane) and a …
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Record Stay Set Planes and Restoring a Hand Plane Knob – Part 1
As a collector and restorer of numerous bench planes, all stemming from the classic Stanley Bailey design, I can confidently say that the two components most prone to breakage or damage over the years are the wooden knob and the …
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Replacing an old Hope Chest Lock – Part 3
After reducing the volume of the original half-mortise using two strips of wood and addressing the crack in the shallow recess of the catch plate (read part two of the story here), I decided to fill the old screw …
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