Recent content by Eric Brown

Here is a recent project I did for a neighbor. He has this 22" long plane, missing the cutter and wedge. The strike button was pounded down to nothing. So I made a new wedge from quartersawn. Made a new strike button out of Osage Orange. The cutter was bought on E-bay. The plane was marked...

A machinist chest sounds ambitious. Have fun.

3/32". Think I will try the burr first and then maybe an angle.

I have ordered a Lee Valley thick blade to put into my scraper plane and a large Accu-Burr to turn the edge. In the meantime I have taken my plane apart and verified it was indeed made by Sargent. It's a #59 but with Fulton on the blade. The number 59 was found on the inside of the two parts...

I've seen similar used on machinery, sometimes even bolted on. Can't remember what machines though.

Question: Did you relieve the corners or keep it straight across?

Not my oldest but pretty close. I just finished a study of Taylor braces. His patent was from 1836, so these are all after that. The study is a 23mb PDF file. Enjoy.

We don't seem to have thread for hand braces so I am adding some info to this thread. I just finished a study on Taylor braces. It's a large PDF file. Enjoy.

I've been working on a early brace study and have been working with a couple historical societies. One of them just sent me a copy of a document they are working on. (Are they ever really finished?) Anyway I notice a axe factory on the cover image and they talk about it a little.

Very nicely done. Good job.

Was plating today and used the masking lacquer. Took picture so you can see how it removes. In the picture are two sections out of similar push drills. I didn't want to plate the spirals because the plating may make the tolerance too tight. The blue peels right off.

Working on a Millers-Falls 731 brace. The chuck spindle is held on with a screw on top, Under that is suppose to be a "D" washer. It was missing. Found one on another brace. It measures 5/8" OD, for a 7/16" shaft with a flat. Thickness is .045", steel. I have not been able to locate a...

Here is an interesting steel square. Unmarked. Has slots to mark parallel lines down a board on 1/4" spacing. Several more interesting features, the end of the short leg is at an angle the is equal to a 1:8 ratio for dovetails. The slot with the rounded ends, would mark a slot 1/2" wide 1/2"...

Looks nice.

Two ways come to mind. Put some blue tape on a sheet of plastic and then use a knife or gasket cutter to cut out a ring. There would still be a little overspray on the ends of the teeth that could be cleaned with a wire brush, One tool I use for some nickel plating is a masking lacquer. You...