Any woodworkers?

Lots of art is that way

 

I doubt oakridge sells to the public. I haven't had a chance to call Kuhn's, I know we bought the hemlock for a huge barn off of them so they do deal with the general public. There's a mill on Snook road right off of 880 that I think sells to the public so I may stop in some day and talk. Unfortunately he's small enough that it's probably going to be wet wood and I'm going to have to dry it myself.

The hardwood store is only about 30 mins from me so a pretty easy run. Might make a visit after all this crap blows over.

 

What's a decent brand for chisels and other hand tools?

Not Festool level but not harbor freight level either.

 

I don’t use a lot of hand tools and wood work is only a hobby to me. I don’t sell things, or work in the industry. For me, I built my shop on a budget. I’ve built up the power tool collection over several years due to diy stuff. The finer quality and detailed stuff is fairly new so I went mid level after doing some research and reading reviews. Below is what I have and links. Everything was reasonably priced and somewhere between the brands you specified.

I have a Veritas dovetail saw, nothing super expensive, just a reasonable priced great little saw. Currently, I use it for small cuts as opposed to dovetails.


I have a little crown saw for flush cuts. Good little saw and also wasn’t crazy expensive.

For chisels, I went a new set of Bailey chisels. If you can find them on eBay, old maples or sweetheart are a great buy but I didn’t want miss matched stuff and gave up looking after a couple months. The reviews are hit or miss but from what I was using before, they are a night and day difference. Narex gets pretty decent reviews too.

With hand planes, I’ve found those are one thing you either buy good ($150+) or buy eBay. I went the eBay route and decided to go with ones that were already restored. There are still plenty being sold and you really can’t beat an old Bailey or Sweetheart plane.

There are certainly much better items out there but this isn’t an income for me and they serve my purposes well. The tools I have are far better then my current skill set so if I need to upgrade down the road I can. I don’t see the need anytime soon though. There also isn’t a single item that cost over $100. Even the set of chisels and saw came in under $100.

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/...1vJYnG2OIBBF-jM3i4Mml-Yi4dO7dTA4aAmiyEALw_wcB

$30 Crown 187F Flush Trim Saw

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001C009T4?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

$90 STANLEY Chisel Set, 5-Piece (16-401)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003HGH3W2/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Lots of good info here. For hand saws I really have no idea what I even need, so I'll be doing a ton of reading while sequestered in my office at work. I really don't know if I'm going to go the traditionalist route and do a bunch of hand tools, or go the modern route and do power tools. In the end I'm sure it'll be a combination of both and some things you just can't do without hand tools.

On one hand traditionalist would be nice but damn if the tools aren't as expensive as power tools, granted most of them will last forever.

Edit: Found this -> https://www.popularwoodworking.com/articleindex/the-core-hand-tools/

Probably going to start there for a lot of hand tools.

 

I recommend Hybrid Woodworking by Marc Spagnuolo. I'm also a member of his guild.

For chisels, Narex is a good quality budget brand. Most everything else I'm aiming for Veritas.

 

Popular and Woodsmith have kindle versions so I'll probably pick up one of them at the least.

 

Liking the pattern on these.

 

Very cool

 

My gap at the top and bottom of the doors was really off, and I realized I swapped my setup blocks accidentally and the adjustment in the hinges couldn't overcome. By happy accident the gap at the top is exactly big enough for controller cords to pass through with the doors closed. I'll take it.

 

With everything going on its given me lots of time for shop projects so... Finally got some cabinets up, some wood storage, and a french cleat wall ive been wanting to build forever.... And it pretty much all came from scrap wood. Next will be an overhaul of my miter saw station with extensions and better dust collection.

 

Lacquered the whole top last week to help prevent the wood breathing and creating air bubbles in the resin. This morning poured a thin layer of resin. Tomorrow will be the second coat. We clogged a knot hole that fell out with a Morgan silver dollar

 

Neat!

 

Very nice

 

Looks great!!!

 

Not sure if any of you guys follow or watch Perkin Builder Brothers on youtube but one of them had a pretty serious woodworking accident that is probably worth knowing about for preventative purposes , but fucking fuck , its hard to hear

https://youtu.be/AZMe0QIET6g

 

Yikes....another reminder that it can happen to anyone anytime. Hell, Ive barely kept a couple of mine over the years (skil saw, miter saw).