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Home / Archive for January 2016

Coves - a second session

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    After I went back to read the Darlow book, I also read Conover's discussion of cutting coves in Fine Woodworking's Turning supp...
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First coves

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   I have been dabbling in turning for almost three years now, though not much at all in the summers. The first year was really just gettin...
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Another chisel restoration....Merrill

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   Another interesting looking old chisel with a truly sorry excuse for a handle.  A thin coat of rust came off fairly easily, but most of ...
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A fine old Witherby chisel

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I am slowly sorting through a box of battered old chisels I bought for not very much a few years ago. One of the first to catch my eye was t...
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