My New LN Chisels...

3/31/04, 11:17 PM #1

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My New LN Chisels...

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>Found a package from LN on the porch when I got home from work today. I recieved word last week that LN was shipping chisels, and here they are. I have to say that they have done a nice job with the fit and finish, better than I have seen in other LN tools. I am heading out to the shop to hone them and try them out. I also got some nice little violin planes from Sai Gao, so I have some tweeking to do....

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4/1/04, 12:00 AM #2

David Barnett - Venice, FL
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>Nice haul. Did you get the hardwood or screw wedges?

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4/1/04, 1:13 AM #3

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>Hi David. I got the screw caps. Elegantly simple, beautiful little tools. Got called back to work before I got out to the shop, and worse yet, I can't find the box with the violin tools, maybe they got thrown into the trash! Three planes, a post setter, and soundhole cutter. Gotta go home and start scrounging!!!!!!!!!

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4/1/04, 1:24 AM #4

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>John,

You wrote "...I also got some nice little violin planes from Sai Gao..." - what size are these, how much and where did you get them? What do you think of them? I might be interested.

John

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My bowmaking web site I have done some sort of woodworking since I was 6 years old. In 5th grade I tried, with my father's help, to make a pine violin. It hangs on the wall in my shop. Later in middle school I had basic wood shop class. No project I can remember that survived from then! In high school, I took wood shop I and II, and metal shop I and II. This along with the usual college prep courses - my counselors thought I was nuts! I made a number of clocks during high school, maybe 2 dozen altogether, including wall clocks, shelf clocks and a pocket watch with wooden case, some of which I still have. I began to collect, restore and use old wood working tools. I especially like 19th century English tools. After graduation, I made a grandfather clock which is now on the landing of my home staircase. I made the metal dial and metal hands as well. In college, I studied Industrial Arts to be a shop teacher. I made a number of projects including a multi-wood specie flax-style spinning wheel and a walnut tool box. In 1978 I began to make stringed instrument bows, self-taught at first. After graduation, between 1982 and '83, I worked for William Salchow, who, at the time, was the best known bow maker in New York City. I stopped bow making in the mid-80's to attend college again, this time for ceramic engineering. Got married in 1988 to my wife Debbie. With her help (although I did a lot of the cooking, hey, I had the time!) I pursued a BS and MS in ceramic engineering. Worked for ~12 years as an engineer in the field of fiber optics (I have one patent to show for it). In 2002 I switched back to making and repairing bows. In 2006 I won a gold medal at the Violin Society of America's International competition. Later, in 2010, I got a second gold medal. Not easy for 50+ year old eyes! I continue to do some general woodworking - dovetailed drawers, frame and panel work, restoration tasks for our 260+ year old home - things like that. Mostly hand work. I have only a few power tools - a tiny 7" blade INCA table saw (which never gets used), 6" Atlas Jointer, 14" Rockwell bandsaw, a circa 1943 Delta 768 10" bandsaw, a 9", 3 foot Southbend metal lathe, Rusnok milling machine, a no-name wood lathe, and Jet drill press. I am a member of the Central Jersey Woodworkers Association - I was the vice president for the CJWA a few years back. I took Mike Dunbar's class in the late '90s and made a sackback chair. Back in ~2010 I outfitted a new, passive solar shop space for bow making and general woodworking. New benches, tool racks, etc. Still working (ever so slowly) on my 10 foot long Roubo-style bench. As of November 2018, the four pieces of ash that will comprise the top need to be milled and fitted, but the base is ~95% finished. Absolutely the largest and heaviest item I've ever made. It has been a fun journey so far!

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4/1/04, 2:23 AM #5

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
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Hope you find them John

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

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4/1/04, 3:13 PM #6

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Did you find you planes? this is bugging me.

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4/1/04, 6:42 PM #7

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>Thanks for asking! Yes, I did, at the bottom of a trash bag in the garage! They were all wrapped in express mail packing in an express mail box, and my wife thought it was trash. I was worried that I wouldn't find them....

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4/1/04, 6:54 PM #8

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john jesseph

>Here is the info from an e-mail from Sai:

"Sai��s New Design

These new solid brass finger planes are beautiful and easy to

adjust. They have carbon steel blades and adjustable wedges for perfect

planing.

18 mm, 5 mm blade $24.99

25 mm, 7 mm blade $27.99

32 mm, 10 mm blade $29.99

40 mm, 12 mm blade $31.99

50 mm, 18 mm blade $33.99

Order all five for only $139.99

Toothed blades are available."

They are every bit as nice as the picture looks. His email address is saitory @ hotmail . com

They are a bit heavier than the Ibex planes.

John J.

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4/1/04, 8:17 PM #9

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Good thing it wasn't trash day.

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4/2/04, 1:35 AM #10

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>Whenever my Mom visits she always starts cleaning up and throwing things away. I'm always worried she throws away good things and I can't find anything anymore. I'm always sort of glad when she leaves. Sort of.

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