Recent content by highpriest

lots of old sliders have lost there miter and some people make a fence to make the slider useful. I do have the Double miter but still wanted to make the back fence. The large 5/8" holes to hold the larger cross cut fence on the Wadkin PK slider put the cross cut at its largest length. We...

All I can say than is you you haven’t lived if The sharpies not on the job site.I don’t like knives unless the work being performed is with hand tools and it registers cutting edges. Otherwise it leaves permanent marks which otherwise become a surface imperfections. Not much chance of any lead...

Although I know how to sharpen the carpenters pencil with a knifeI much prefer the belt sander. I would agree if you’re laying out plates As a Carpender these pencils are good but if you’re laying out fine woodworking joinery or even historical millwork there far too clumsy. In fact more and...

Blackwing 602 is the finest pencil every made. Made famous in the early 40s made from 1938 to 1998 . vintage 602 SCRIBBLERS can get $150 US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwing_602

I personally like my pencil sharpener’s vintage and of course three phase . And of course 3phase Sharpeners don’t exist I had to make one

this spindle moulder chair leg jig came with my 1950s Robinson spindle moulder that i won the bid and came out of the chair shop. I have not see one before and thought you would like to see it here. Its a woodworkers tools works kit and there still in business.

Its not really embedded so your reputation is good:Das It takes you to YouTube by a pic link, Schor the one that show me the dazzling trick. I have seen on this site code that does embed but its way above my pay scale. Schor with time could figure it out.

I have seen the sewing machine lights and there very pricey on Ebay, these lights are for shop lighting over head of the machines and out doors for the mill shop. had a real time to figure out how to embed the video but got it. part one of 4 part 2 the ceiling mounts part 3 making...

Metal spinning is something i would like to try all these are just clip on shades so i did not make the shade. the was the next thing for me to do and i tried silver spoons i picked up cheep at the flea market. these socket hold the small bulbs like the old xmas lights The saw with the...

thanks guys for the lights choices/links i have seen most but there just not what i am after. More of a vintage thing and well i like to make mine.for the most part it looks OK but the plastic was rubbing me wrong and i did not like the the tin color shade so i painted the outside to go with...

thanks fixed it.

Yeah I can see pretty much screwed up the pictures makes my story of lights a little unclear. Any tutorials on how to load pictures here Jack English machines

My eyes are getting bad and i can not see a line with out my readers on. Old age i guess ,if you ask me the only thing golden about the golden years is your *^! never mind. In the last year or so I been looking for vintage machinery lamps. I have a nice vintage lamp for the Wadkin RS Lathe and...