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The Veritas Miniature Shoulder Plane is a stunning, tiny plane, that is still very functional (almost as an added bonus!) It is made from stainless steel, using the investment-cast process. It has a fixed mouth, with a machined sole and ground sides. A low 15° bed angle combined with the 25° blade bevel provides a [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Tools | Tagged: Carbatec, Miniature, Plane, Shoulder Plane, Veritas | 2 Comments »
With a bit of a shuffle, and cleanup, the workspace is looking good. The shed is tight, but having the dedicated work surface is invaluable, and is already being put to good use. The stack of Festool has been moved to a more accessible location, and again the advantage of the boom arm is apparent [...]
Filed under: Tools | Tagged: Aussie, Bench Dog, Bench Pup, Branding Iron, Carbatec, Festool, HNT, Jack Plane, Kreg, LPG, Pockethole, Rockler, Surface Clamp, Systainer, Twin Screw, Veritas, Workbench | Leave a Comment »
The final push, actually the easy bit – the bench assembly. With the Veritas vice in place, the four legs are bolted to the underside of the bench, and the vice(s) fitted. Because I had added the Veritas, I had a vice left over so added it to the back of the bench behind the [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Shed, Tools | Tagged: 42, Bench Dog, Bench Pup, Better Homes and Gardens, Carbatec, Clamp, Cleantex, Deep Thought, Dog, Douglas Adams, Drawer, Festool, Life the Universe and Everything, Sex, Skirt, Surface Clamp, TV, Twin Screw, Veritas, Vice, Vise | Leave a Comment »
As mentioned in the previous post, I found the Veritas instruction booklet pointlessly confusing. There is some useful information in there that will help with the assembly, but you have to ferret them out from the detritus of words. To jump to the end of the post, despite ignoring the warning on the front page [...]
Filed under: Project, Techniques, Tools | Tagged: Bench, Carbatec, RTFM, Twin Screw, Veritas, Workbench | 4 Comments »
Got the workbench home and began the unpack. Heavy thing – around 75kg in 2 boxes. Placed the top onto the tablesaw (convenient flat surface) to begin the assembly. Underneath the top, some recessed areas for the legs to be fitted, and interestingly, three partial depth saw kerfs running most of the length of the [...]
Filed under: Project, Uncategorized | Tagged: Carbatec, Twin Screw, Veritas, Vice | 2 Comments »
Lee Valley / Veritas is a company that produces some pretty innovative products – well thought out, designed, manufactured. And every year for the past 8 years, on a certain day of the year, they have poured all that creativity into producing a product that looks as good as all the others, and as desirable, [...]
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The latest tool from Veritas looks well thought out, and quite a bit of fun, especially if you don’t get to see the inside of your shed often. “That’s where the Veritas® Pocket Dovetailer comes in. With one tool, you can make airtight dovetails while at work, on the road, or even on vacation. This [...]
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As useful as the tops that come with the Walko are- laminated bamboo making them water resistant (for about 24 hours), I also want to have a more traditional working surface, complete with a decent wood vice. I have gotten a second set of table supports, and will be making up a jointed top for [...]
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I’m sure many of us have been there- needing to turn a screw when no where near your toolbox (or shed), or wanting the width of the screwdriver blade to more closely match the width of the slot. Wasn’t that long ago that I tried the thumbnail trick -can’t even remember what on, and found [...]
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Have you checked out Lee Valley’s latest (online) catalog(ue)? Some serious temptations in there to empty one’s wallet a fair number of times over! Click on the picture below to be taken to their online catalog page.
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers | Tagged: Catalog, Lee Valley, Veritas | 5 Comments »
As regulars will know, I don’t have a workbench in my workshop – a shocking admission, a shocking omission. (I do now have a Walko Workbench though, which if nothing else is convincing me even more that a workbench is a must-have workshop tool, whether it is the portable Walko, or a fullblown bench.) I [...]
Filed under: Techniques, Tools | Tagged: Dovetail, Saw, Veritas, Walko, Workbench | 3 Comments »
I was over at Ideal Tools on Sunday, being filmed for a Hand Tools DVD for use in Secondary Schools and Tafes. Not quite sure why I ended up in front of the camera – wrong place at the wrong time I suppose! I came away with one thing definitely resolved – I am much [...]
Filed under: Manufactures and Suppliers, Techniques, Tools | Tagged: AWR, Carbatec, Dovetail, Hamlet, Hand Cut, Hand Tool, Veritas, Vesper | Leave a Comment »
